It's been almost a month since our last Management Monday! Time flies! I've got some things in the works for reworking this a little bit--hopefully to make it easier for YOU! Be looking for some changes soon. Until then...
This week's Management Monday has to do with LEARNING OBJECTIVES. We're going beyond writing and posting them; now we're getting students involved! I can't wait to see how you implement this in your classrooms! Don't forget to share in the comments!
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I couldn't get the video to load. I liked the example that the teacher used with multiple objectives. This will be helpful in Literacy where they have so many different objectives during one class period. I recognized that I use some of the words they say not to use in stating the objective. I will discuss the objectives with the class, and refer back to them when we are working on that objective. I will review at the end of the day to see if we achieved our objective.
ReplyDeleteI have my literacy focus wall in the back of the room. I like that it is visible to see what the focus for grammar, phonic, comprehension, essential question, etc. is for the week. I need to be better at turning my students' attention to the focus wall so they also know what our focus for the week is.
ReplyDeleteI like the idea of having objectives with a goal in mind. I think it gives the students a sense of accomplishment to know that they will be able to do "that thing" at the end of a lesson. I know that I need to be better at having students discuss the objective at the end of a lesson. I want to learn how to have time and make this a natural part of my class. Often, the students think that they understand something until they have to actually apply it. I have used a "what do you know" (like KwL chart, or quiz or questions) before learning objectives in other grades, but it seems very difficult for students in first-grade to even think that they didn't know something before a lesson or that they learned anything after a lesson. They tend to think that what they know is what they have always known.
ReplyDeleteI have my focus board for literacy that we go over every day. I also have my math objectives posted and we talk about them at the start of every lesson. I am working on wrapping up lessons with the objectives. It does not happen as often as I would like it to.
ReplyDeleteI have my objectives (they are written more like a to do list) up on my whiteboard. I change my goals/objectives on my whiteboard daily. I go over them every day before beginning our literacy lessons. I also refer to my focus board throughout the week. My math objective is also written on the board and I read it every morning as well. I need to be better and more consistent with ending the lesson with discussing if we met our goals and objectives for the day and week. I need to give myself more time at the end of the classes to reflect on how we did.
ReplyDeleteFor kindergarten we go over our objective at the beginning of the day for the whole schedule, and then again right before we start a lesson. I let them know what we are going to learn today and why it might be important. We usually have a little class discussion, and students can also give their ideas for why we might be learning about something. It is a great way to see who already has knowledge about the subject.
ReplyDeleteI also use a focus wall for literacy showing the essential question we should always be looking back at and the vocabulary words to use when speaking, etc. In addition I write a goal (objective) on top of the board and refer back to that when I can. It's a pretty realistic goal to achieve based on the lessons. Going over them and stating what they are to the class and how you expect them to reach is a good habit to get into I found.
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