Re: [MOSAIC] objective vs strategy

[Susan Cronk]

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>
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