Hi Ellen, Although I don't have to put up objectives either, and I'm glad I don't, I do want to make sure that my students understand the why of what we're doing. So, I'll say something like: today we're going to learn. Or, today I'm going to teach you. Or the reason we're doing this is so that you can have a list of topics for writing when you can't think of what to write about.
Just another perspective, Elisa Elisa Waingort Grade 2 Spanish Bilingual Dalhousie Elementary Calgary, Canada The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt within the heart. —Helen Keller Visit my blog, A Teacher's Ruminations, and post a message. http://waingortgrade2spanishbilingual.blogspot.com/ I am lucky to be in a school (so far) where I am not required to write my objectives up for the children. I see these objectives as my objectives. Of course I want the children to develop strategies that will unlock texts for them, but I hope that their objectives have more to do with finding texts of interest to them and becoming competent and confident enough of themselves as readers that they can have the experience of getting lost in a good book.
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