“Good teachers work hard, using the latest in research-based practices and well-designed curriculum materials. But sometimes teachers rely a little too much on hope—hope that students will learn what we’re teaching. Instead, we need to be clear about the purpose of every lesson.” (Fisher and Frey, 2011 )
This was the theme of our cluster meeting this week. Instructional objectives are in the mind of the teacher. Establishing purpose refers to the act of carefully communicating the objective to the student. Some (if not all) instructional objectives may take more than one class period to accomplish. Establishing purpose is something that should be done each day in a class.
Teaching with purpose has three parts:
This was the theme of our cluster meeting this week. Instructional objectives are in the mind of the teacher. Establishing purpose refers to the act of carefully communicating the objective to the student. Some (if not all) instructional objectives may take more than one class period to accomplish. Establishing purpose is something that should be done each day in a class.
Teaching with purpose has three parts:
- What are we suppose to learn and what are we suppose to do with it (Learning Intention)
- How will you know when you have achieved the purpose (Establishing criteria for success)
- Why is it relevant (Establishing relevancy)
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Purpose is established in the focus lesson; the guided instruction phase provides the teacher with information about how well students absorbed the initial instruction; opportunities for collaborative learning assists students to develop an expectation of what they are supposed to do and as students move toward mastery, they assume more cognitive responsibility for their learning.
Discussion centered on the distinction between objectives, curriculum standards and the purpose.
Discussion centered on the distinction between objectives, curriculum standards and the purpose.
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