Our district is implementing learning targets as way to involve our students in their own learning. A learning target is an I CAN statement in kid-friendly language describing the learning the teacher expects.
I've been using a few learning targets in reading intervention. Here is an example from 3rd grade - we learned a strategy that helps summarize fiction called Somebody Wanted But So Then. It's an easy way to remember the basic elements of fiction (somebody = main character, wanted = what the main character wanted, But = problem, So = solution, then = what happens after the problem is solved)
I've been using a few learning targets in reading intervention. Here is an example from 3rd grade - we learned a strategy that helps summarize fiction called Somebody Wanted But So Then. It's an easy way to remember the basic elements of fiction (somebody = main character, wanted = what the main character wanted, But = problem, So = solution, then = what happens after the problem is solved)
You can see the star stickers - that is where students have assessed their own knowledge of this learning target BEFORE the lesson, AFTER the lesson, and after guided and independent practice.
Here is an individual students' learning target and reflection of his progress:
Here is an individual students' learning target and reflection of his progress:
we practiced the strategy with a whole ton of folk tales - they are fun to read and lend themselves to this strategy. We made little instructional videos about using the strategy. I am working on learning how to embed a Youtube Link to their videos. They are awesome.
In the meantime, here is a link to a very creative teacher's OWN music video he created to teach his own students this very strategy, set to the tune "What does the Fox Say?"
In the meantime, here is a link to a very creative teacher's OWN music video he created to teach his own students this very strategy, set to the tune "What does the Fox Say?"