Using Learning Targets to Inform Instruction

What makes a good Learning Target?

• student friendly language

• clear step by step processes

• ongoing assessment and feedback

• All of the above

How can students demonstrate that they have met a target?

• A rubric

• A quiz

• A test

• Teacher strategy / student activity

• All of the above

When writing learning targets, where do you start?

• Learning objective

• Assessment

• Standards

• None of the above

Determine a theme or central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.

• Learning Target
• Standard

I can determine the theme or central idea of the story "Eleven" by Sandra Cisneros.

• Learning Target
• Standard

I can figure out and use fourth grade words that show specific actions, emotions, or states of being.

• Learning Target
• Standard

I can model subtraction of fractions as separating parts from the same whole.

• Learning Target
• Standard

I can demonstrate the correct way to pass and receive (trap) a soccer ball.

• Learning Target
• Standard

I can illustrate and explain how to multiply larger numbers by using arrays.

• Learning Target
• Standard

Which of the following is a benefit for teachers when they implement effective Learning Targets?

• Helps identify appropriate assessments

• Increases intentional teaching by narrowing the focus of the lesson and identifies what needs to be taught.

• Provides check points for teachers to assess student learning throughout the lesson.

• All of the above