EDRL 474 AO3- Week 2 Assignments
LeAnn Zinke
What are some advantages to writing both content and language objectives for students to hear and see?
When content standards are made clear to the students they know exactly what is expected of them. Then they have a clear purpose for their learning. Echevarria, Vogt, and Short (2008) state that "Typically teachers do not consistently present objectives to students. As a result, students do not know what they are supposed to learn each day." I have seen this in lessons when the lesson is too broad and all you receive back is blank stares rather than the answer you are looking for. At least in second grade, I think we are doing a fairly good job at including this in our class connect sessions at NVVA. At the beginning, we state the objectives (both in writing and orally) in student friendly terms in the form of "I will be able to...." When the lesson is over we restate the objectives in the form of "I can....." .