Giving and following instructions
Use interaction skills to receive and give spoken instructions: listening for each step, asking to clarify, and giving clear, ordered instructions to others
Lesson
Set out your lesson
“Giving and following instructions means practising the idea at the table with a short text or prompt and one clear check. We will demo once, then your child tries.”
Bring to the table
- A short prompt card or picture
- Timer or turn tokens (optional)
Extra for the adult
Worked example. “I think the character is brave because she knocked on the door.”
Optional challenge. For Giving and following instructions, add one harder example after success.
What to notice. Keep one parent note: examples tried; results; support used. This session samples Giving and following instructions, not mastery.
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Learning resources
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Florida Center for Reading Research · Practice link — not the full lesson
Student Center Activities
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Student Center Activities supports Giving and following instructions. An adult previews and guides; this is a learning page, not a scored quiz.
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Before you openAsk the learner one fact they learned and one question they still have.
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Public Florida Center for Reading Research page. An anonymous GET on 2026-11-12 returned HTTP 200 with no login or payment prompt for this URL. Opening the link does not save practice or assess mastery. An adult should preview and guide the learner.
Florida Center for Reading Research. “Student Center Activities.” External page; Gakuva does not copy, host, embed, or redistribute materials.
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Check understanding
- Follow four spoken instructions in order (e.g. to make a paper aeroplane) and ask a question if a step is unclear
- Give a partner clear step-by-step instructions using order words (first, next, then, finally) to draw a simple picture
- Check a partner's result and explain which instruction needs changing to be clearer
“If you give your child three or four steps — like 'get your shoes, then your hat, then wait at the door' — can they follow them in order, and give clear instructions to someone else?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Procedural
- Subject
- English
- Domain
- Speaking & Listening
- Age range
- Ages 7–8
Standards