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  • 2nd Grade
  • Speech & Language
  • About 10 minutes

Listen and Do: 3 Steps

Listen to the direction for each row. Then mark the pictures. Do all 3 steps in order.

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Listen and Do: 3 StepsName:Date:Listen to the direction for each row. Then mark the pictures. Do all 3 steps in order.12345fold back on the dashed lineGrown-up: read each direction one time. Then your child marks that row.1. First draw a line from the cup to the bird. Next put a check under thecat. Last draw a box around the key.2. Circle the bird, then cross out the flower, and then put a dot over thehat.3. First put a dot over the kite. Next draw a line from the train to thebird. Last draw a line under the bus.4. Circle the tree, then draw a line from the book to the horse, and thencross out the pencil.5. Circle the fish, draw a line under the thing you wear, then draw a linefrom the cow to the drum.k5printables.com · Sheet #61924601 · Aligned with Common Core SL.2.2

This is sheet #61924601.

How to do it

  1. Grown-up: fold back the strip at the bottom of the page.
  2. Read the direction for row 1 one time.
  3. Child listens, then does all three steps in order.

Teaching tip

Hold up one, two, three fingers as you read each part of the direction. This sheet is aligned with Common Core SL.2.2.

Listen and Do: 3 Steps worksheet for 2nd grade (multi-step directions), free printable
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About this worksheet

Five rows of pictures with three-step directions. Some directions say "the first picture" or "the animal" instead of a name, so kids have to think as they listen. Includes an answer key.

What kids practice

Following multi-step directions means listening to a whole direction, holding it in memory, and doing each step in the right order. In 2nd grade, kids are expected to follow directions with two or three steps and to understand order words like first, then, before and after. On these sheets, a grown-up reads each direction out loud from a strip at the bottom of the page. The child folds that strip back, so they have to listen instead of read. This builds listening comprehension (aligned with Common Core SL.2.2 and SL.2.3).

Watch for

  • Starting before the whole direction is finished. Teach "wait, listen, then go."
  • Doing the right things in the wrong order. Before and after are the tricky ones. "Before you circle the bus, cross out the cat" means the cat comes first.
  • Remembering only the last step. Have your child repeat the whole direction back.
  • Giving too many hints. Let your child try first, then check the answer key together.

It's free to print, with an answer key. See the full multi-step directions guide for 2nd grade.

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