Learning Goals and Lesson Essential Questions

Learning Goals and Lesson Essential QuestionsDefining and communicating clear Learning Goals is fundamental to planning and delivering quality instruction and assessment. With clear Learning Goals you can design a clear pathway to learning, communicate those goals effectively to your students, and plan meaningful formative assessments. You will learn a logical, step by step process for analyzing standards to define exactly what students should know and be able to do as a result of instruction.

It outlines a structured planning process encompassing content identification

even though not every student will have the necessary knowledge or capability to initially perform as intended

•Develop a yearlong pacing plan that builds student fluency and confidence in reading and writing

•Align questions with appropriate Levels of Learning or comprehension strategies

they are also valuable tools for teachers

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and strengthened communities

Whether used individually or with collaborative pairs

and ready to apply new concepts

•Describe the Scaffolding Principles

Learn specific types of writing tasks that will engage students

and retrieval