March Listening Center with QR Codes

March is here and I’m excited to share my listening center cards!

Every month, I share ideas for listening center books and this month, I’m sharing lots of great books for the month of March!

In the printable below, you’ll find a QR code that students can scan to listen to the story being read aloud.

How QR Code Cards Work

The students simply scan the QR code with a tablet and click on the link. The links for the read aloud books go to a website called SafeShare.tv, which has no ads, pop-ups, or other distractions…just a read aloud of the book! If your are using the QR codes at your school, you will need to make sure this website is not blocked by your district.

Setting up the Listening Center

To set up your listening center, just follow these simple steps:

Print on card stock paper
Laminate the cards for durability
Cut out the cards
Hole punch the cards and put them on a ring

You will need to teach your students how to use the QR codes for the listening center.

March Books

The books listed below are affiliate links to Amazon. See my disclosure policy for more details on this.

St. Patrick’s Day in the Morning by Eve Bunting – Jamie seeks a way to prove that he is not too young to march in the big St. Patrick’s Day parade.

Goodbye Winter, Hello Spring by Kenard Pak – A boy and his dog explore nature and take a stroll through the countryside, greeting all the signs of the coming season. In a series of conversations with everything from the melting brook to chirping birds, they say goodbye to winter and welcome spring.

St. Patrick’s Day by Gail Gibbons – This book explains everything about why we celebrate St. Patrick’s Day!

Crinkle, Crinkle, Crack – It’s Spring! by Marion Dane Bauer – Late one winter night, a child awakes to peculiar noises in the backyard- a bear! They journey together through the snowy forest as other animals eagerly join in, creating a parade to welcome the spring.

Too Many Leprechauns by Stephen Krensky – On St. Patrick’s Day, leprechauns are lucky. But on every other day of the year, they make for noisy neighbors — and they’re turning the entire town of Dingle upside down! Fortunately, Finn O’Finnegan always has a clever plan brewing.

The Good Egg by Jory John – Meet the good egg. He’s a very good egg indeed. But trying to be so good is hard when everyone else is plain ol’ rotten. As the other eggs in his dozen behave badly, the good egg starts to crack from all the pressure of feeling like he has to be perfect. Will he be able to hold himself together?

Grumpy Monkey Spring Fever by Suzanne Lang – Grumpy Monkey has Spring Fever, and it’s catching! All his jungle buddies have suggestions for a cure, but does he really want a change?

In Like a Lion, Out Like a Lamb by Marion Dane Bauer – The month of March is personified as a lion, enters a boy’s cozy home and leaves a trail of snow flurries and muddy footprints. The boy calmly observes the pouncing, howling, growling lion until in comes the lamb on the crest of a huge sneeze. Find out what happens next!