Listen Current
(Shared with the permission from the editors of the JCS DL Blog ) This week we are sharing a wonderful web tool that provides teachers with engaging lessons tied to Common Core Standards that are based on National Public Radio media stories. Teachers can filter lessons by subject area or current events. To get started, go to: https://listencurrent.com Click on the join button in the top right corner to create your free teacher account. Once you create your account, select lessons to view all lessons by subject area: I'm going to look at the science lessons available: You can click on any lesson to open it. I'm going to look at the lesson titled "An Imminent Thaw": The lesson has a brief introduction and then an embedded audio story from National Public Radio. Each lesson has questions for student understanding. Additionally, most lessons have graphic organizers or activities linked to the story (red box in the image above)...