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Converting Learning Targets to Student-friendly Language

Converting Learning Targets to Student-friendly Language. Strategy 1: Converting Learning Targets to Student-friendly Language. Identify important or difficult learning goal. Identify word(s) needing clarification. Define the word(s).

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Converting Learning Targets to Student-friendly Language

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  1. Converting Learning Targets to Student-friendly Language

  2. Strategy 1: Converting Learning Targets to Student-friendly Language • Identify important or difficult learning goal. • Identify word(s) needing clarification. • Define the word(s). • Rewrite the definition as an “I can” statement, in terms that your students will understand. • Try it out and refine as needed. • Have students try this process.

  3. Summarize text • Word to be defined: SUMMARIZE • to give a brief statement of the main points, main events, or important ideas • Student-friendly language: • I can summarize text. • This means I can make a short statement of the main points or the big ideas of what I read.

  4. Make predictions • Word to be defined: PREDICTION • A statement saying something will happen in the future • Student-friendly language: • I can make predictions. • This means I can use information from what I read to guess at what will happen next.

  5. Your Turn… Choose either infer or hypothesize and convert it into student-friendly terms. Definition: Student-friendly language:

  6. Strategy 1: Provide a Clear Statement of the Learning Target • Convert complex or unfamiliar targets to student-friendly language • Post them or have students keep them • Connect learning targets to activities • What did you discover while doing this activity? When would it be a good idea to do it?

  7. Assign the following roles to each person at your table: • Teacher • Luke • Sarah • Maria • Jamal • If you have more people at your table, assign one to be the narrator.

  8. Activity Directions: • Read the scenario on pages at your table as readers’ theater. • When you finish, read and discuss the follow-up possibilities on page.

  9. When were the teacher and students engaged in Strategy 1?When did they switch to Strategy 2?

  10. Strategy 1: Provide a Clear Statement of the Learning Target Which of the learning targets that you teach would benefit from conversion to student-friendly terms?

  11. EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION DESIGN ACCURACY EFFECTIVE USE PURPOSE STUDENT INVOLVEMENT TARGET

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