I think the content objecrtive is what you want the students to learn and the language objective is how the student will demonstrate that they've learned it.
"Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass...it's about learning how to dance in the rain." BJ Gallagher --- On Sun, 11/8/09, Susan Cronk <slhcr...@gmail.com> wrote: From: Susan Cronk <slhcr...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] objective vs strategy To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" <mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> Date: Sunday, November 8, 2009, 12:12 PM I agree Kare the kids need smaller chunks and as you point out a progression. On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 12:21 PM, Kare <kare.to.rep...@gmail.com> wrote: > The objective is whatever the student should answer to the question, "What > am I supposed to learn during this lesson?" If the focus is on making > connections to the text, then today's objective could be on choosing > natural > "Stop and think" points within the text. Tomorrow's objective could be > to record my thoughts while I read. As teachers, we have our own way of > thinking about objectives, but when we post objectives on the board, we > need > to break it down into smaller chunks for our students. > > Kare > > On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 9:27 AM, Stewart, L <lstew...@branford.k12.ct.us > >wrote: > > > Our district is moving towards having teachers post their objectives and > > children being aware of the objective. We are having difficulty coming > to > > terms with our objectives. Is making connections to text an objective or > a > > strategy/skill? I feel the objective is always to become stronger > readers > > and the way we teach the children to become stronger readers is the > > strategy, but it is confusing. > > > > Leslie R. Stewart > > Grade 3 Teacher > > lstew...@branford.k12.ct.us<mailto:lstew...@branford.k12.ct.us> > > 203-481-5386, 203-483-0749 FAX > > > > > > > > <http://thinkexist.com/birthday/september_24/> > > _______________________________________________ > > Mosaic mailing list > > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > > _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
