Doing CKLA but finding it a little dry? Mix it up with this "Mystery Bag" active listening strategy that incorporates props to get students excited. Instead of students sitting and watching videos, this strategy requires the students to DO SOMETHING while they listen! As the teacher pulls a surprise object from the bag at planned points in the read aloud, students will pass the objects around as they listen, activating prior knowledge and interacting with the info a multisensory fashion. Doing b