Who would know more about dealing with a MASTERy than Jeannie?

1. Who would know more about dealing with a MASTERy than Jeannie? Today’s Feature WRITING MASTERY OBJECTIVES

2. Let’s get those ‘genie’uses out of the bottle, and let’s make them work! Activator/Pre-Assessment Write three mastery objectives for your discipline and/or grade level.

3. Turn the card over and don’t touch it until I’m finished with this presentation! EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT…

4. MASTERYOBJECTIVES Simply put… What do I want students to know and be able to do when the lesson is over? How will I know if they know it or can do it?

5. Everything you do is built on knowing what you want to accomplish. -Jon Saphier and Robert Gower

6. Mastery Objectives must be • Shared with students • Related to the activities students are engaged in and the outcomes teachers want them to achieve • Connected, whenever possible, to a thinking skill that is modeled and taught.

7. If you don’t know where you’re going, you can’t get there. -Jon Saphier and Robert Gower

8. Teacher Questions about Mastery Objectives: • Am I checking broadly, frequently, and consistently to see if all students are following, understanding, or practicing without errors? • Are students getting feedback throughout the lesson on what they are learning?

9. Good objectives clearly don’t go anywhere without good instruction, or good assessment. -Jon Saphier and Robert Gower

10. MASTERY OBJECTIVES are • Linked to agreed upon curricular standards (national, state, local), • Worth knowing, • Challenging and attainable, • Able to be assessed.

11. When teachers’ objectives are to get the activities done, they miss the opportunities to underline the critical learnings. -Jon Saphier and Robert Gower

12. The quality of thinking about objectives accounts for much of what we see (or don’t see) in classrooms. -Jon Saphier and Robert Gower

13. Teacher Questions about Mastery Objectives: • What guidance will my students need to increase the likelihood that they will achieve the outcomes I’ve set? • Does the structure or design of student activities enable me to gather data and assess what students are learning?

14. A mastery objective’s goal is the mastery of academic knowledge or skills: it is student centered -centered on what children will learn in the way of information or skills. -Jon Saphier and Robert Gower

15. A mastery objective is specific and clear. For example-Students will know and be able to describe to each other the principal causes of World War I.

16. A mastery objective is specific and clear. It is attainable. It is measurable. The teacher will KNOW if students know it.

17. A mastery objective is written in the language most suited to the content at hand and it is specific. NOT…

18. “Students will add three-digit numbers with medial zeros competently.” What is competently? The expectation for competence must be clear and specific for both student and teacher.

19. “Students will add three-digit numbers with medial zeros competently.” How would you re-write that objective to show mastery?

20. Take a moment and rewrite the objective as a mastery objective. Yes, you can use the back of the agenda!

21. Consider these questions when writing objectives: 1. Is there a clear objective that creates an image of specifically what students will know and be able to do?

22. 2. Is the level of difficulty appropriately rigorous and challenging?

23. Where do the objectives come from (sources)?

24. 4. Is the language of the objective a good fit for the content and “kid-friendly”?

25. Mastery Objectives-some examples from THE SKILLFUL TEACHER Students will know and be able to recite and apply three rules for capitalization.

26. More Mastery Objectives-from THE SKILLFUL TEACHER Students will name at least three natural resources found in _______________ and explain how those resources serve as source of income.

27. More Mastery Objectives-from THE SKILLFUL TEACHER Students will dribble a ball using wrist motion and control the height of the bounce below their waist.

28. More Mastery Objectives-from THE SKILLFUL TEACHER Students will summarize the plot of the story in 4-5 sketches. Sketches should include details depicting main characters, placed in accurate setting and the event that is taking place.

29. Did you notice that MASTERY OBJECTIVES: • Use active performance verbs; • Include the level of performance (standard); • Are specific in terms of curricular knowledge; • Include strong clues about how they will be assessed; • Are written “kid friendly”?

30. Just a reminder- A master objective will indicate what students must know and be able to do. A mastery objective will have a measurable outcome. Example: After this lesson, students will know and be able to list three economic reasons for the colonists’ dissatisfaction with British rule before the American Revolution. This mastery objective is specific and measurable.

31. Here’s a short quiz (formative assessment). REMEMBER- If it’s not broken, don’t fix it!

32. MASTERY OBJECTIVES YOU MAKE THE CALL! Let’s see if these staff members can recognize a MASTERY OBJECTIVE!

33. PRACTICE RECOGNIZING MASTERY OBJECTIVES! • By the end of the lesson: • Students will know and be able to use a strategy to determine the main idea of the story. • Students will know and be able to write a paragraph about autumn. • Students will know and be able to recognize the similarities and differences between the Greek and Roman civilizations. • Students will know and be able to read notes on a musical scale.

34. By the end of the lesson: • 5. Students will know and be able to describe in an “exit card” a characteristic, function, and type of epithelial (connective) muscle and nervous tissue. • Students will know and be able to multiply fractions with 85 percent accuracy.

35. EXIT CARD: Re-write the three mastery objectives for your discipline if they are not accurate. Put your name on the card and leave it at your table. And, although, as Yogi would say, “It ain’t over till it’s over.” It’s over for today!