Secondary Curriculum, Instruction & EL

SERVICES Explicit Direct instruction

Orientation PhaseOctober 2011

Objectives Learning Language Social

Activate Prior Knowledge Sub skill Review Universal Experience

Communicate Expected Results

Orientation Phase 5-7 minutesThe teacher carries the cognitive load.

LEARNING OBJECTIVE: Focus is content

LANGUAGE OBJECTIVE: Focus is Academic Language (tied to Learning Objective)

SOCIAL OBJECTIVE: Focus is on student interaction and behavior during cooperative structures (i.e. pair-share)

Three types of Objectives

A learning Objective is a standards-based statement that describes what students will be able to do independently at the end of a lesson.

Learning Objective

Language Objectives

1. Target a specific language skill that can be taught during the lesson.

2. Must have student interaction.

Language Objective

Social Objectives are the :

Rules and standards for behavior

Communicate expectations with regards to behavior and outcomes of group interaction

Processes and procedures as they apply to collaborative work

Social Objective

Write the three types of objectives on your white board. Share your answers with your partner.

TAPPLE

LEARNING OBJECTIVESA more in-depth look at….

• Concepts: main ideas

• Skills: measurable behavior

• Context: 1. Resources to be used2. Specific methods to be used

Components of a Learning Objective

The CONCEPT is the main idea of the Learning Objective.

FOR EXAMPLE:“Write a five-paragraph summary of a newspaper article”

Summary is the concept.

CONCEPT

The SKILL is the verb in the Learning Objective.

FOR EXAMPLE:

“Write a five-paragraph summary of a newspaper article”

Write is the skill.

The skill taught during a lesson should match the skill required in the Independent Practice.

SKILL

• A CONTEXT is any specific condition under which the Objective will be executed.

• “Write a five-paragraph summary of a newspaper article”

The context describes the resources to be used—newspaper article.

CONTEXT

On your whiteboards write the three components of a Learning Objective and share with your partner.

TAPPLE

Standards-based Learning Objectives come right from the state content standards.

Content standards actually contain multiple Learning Objectives.

Where do standards-based Learning Objectives come from?

There are four steps to writing a standards-based Learning Objective:

1. Select a grade-level content standard.2. Identify all the concepts and skills included in the

standard.3. Deconstruct, or break down, the standard into specific

Learning Objectives.4. Select or create matching Independent Practice.

WRITING STANDARDS-BASED LEARNING OBJECTIVES

History-Social ScienceKnow about the life of Confucius and the fundamental teachings of Confucianism and Taoism

Step #1:Select a content standard:

Skills Describe

Concepts (main idea, noun) Life of Confucius Fundamental teachings of Confucianism Fundamental teachings of Taoism

Context(s) (condition if present) None in this particular standard

Step #2: From the content standard, identify

Describe the life of Confucius. Describe the fundamental teachings of Confucianism. Describe the fundamental teachings of Taoism.

Step #3:Deconstruct the content standard into specific Learning Objectives

Independent Practice Oral presentation Class discussion Completing a graphic organizer

Final Objective: SWBAT describe the life of Confucius through the use of a

a graphic organizer

Step #4:Select or create matching independent practive

Discuss the four steps to writing a learning objective and list those steps on your white board.

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During the EDI lesson, you always teach the Learning Objective to your students.

Teaching the Learning Objective to the Students

Step #1: PRESENT the Learning Objective to the students

Step #2: Have the students INTERACT with the Objective.

Step #3: Use TAPPLE to check that students can describe the Learning Objective

Teach Learning Objectives in three steps

Discuss the three steps to presenting the learning objective to your students with your partners. Discuss at least one method that can be used to encourage student interaction with the standard.

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LANGUAGE OBJECTIVES

A more in-depth look at . . .

• Language Objectives are used to advance English Learners’ use of the academic English—already contained in a lesson—that is necessary for them to be successful in the lesson.

WHAT IS A LANGUAGE OBJECTIVE:

• The teacher does this by purposefully engaging students in structured Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing.  

1. Identify and support new language.

2. Advance a student’s use of English in general so they are more successful with the lesson.

LANGUAGE OBJECTIVE SERVE TWO PURPOSES

Social Objectives

A More In-Depth Look . . .

• To enable students to successfully function in a collaborative environment, teachers must explicitly teach these interactive structures in their classrooms through the use of social objectives and direct instruction

What is a Social Objective?

• Promote 21st century skills such as; critical thinking and problem solving, communication, agility and adaptability.

Why is it important to create opportunities for students to Collaborate?

1. Do I explicitly teach the behaviors I expect from my students or do I merely engage in telling them about the desired behavior?2. When I deliver lessons on behavioral expectations, do I gradually release the responsibility of the learning in that lesson or do I show students and then expect them to do it themselves?3. Do my students have consistent opportunities to engage in peer-based discussions and productive group work in the classroom?4. Do I use these types of interactive structures with intentionality and purpose? Are the structures preplanned or mostly used spontaneously?5. Could I be more systematic and explicit in addressing student engagement, behavior and learning for my students.

REFLECTIVE QUESTONS

Think-Pair-Share - Involves a three step cooperative structure1. Students think silently about a question posed.2. Individuals pair up and exchange thoughts.3. The pairs share their responses with other pairs, other teams, or the entire group. Social Objective: Students will be able to actively listen and restate their own and their partners ideas.

EXAMPLE OF A SOCIAL OBJECTIVE

ACTIVATING PRIOR KNOWLEDGEA more in-depth look at . . .

APK is used to provide: A connection between something students already know

and the new content they are going to learn.

APK is done in three steps:

1. Activate UNIVERSAL EXPERIENCE OR SUB-SKILL REVIEW

2. Interact

3. Connect

How to Activate Prior Knowledge

Write the three steps to Activating Prior Knowledge on your white board.

TAPPLE

As you are watching the EDI lesson component of APK, be ready to identify the three steps of APK by using your index cards:

1. Activate2. Interact3. Connect

Activating Prior Knowledge

Discuss when the three steps of APK were demonstrated in the video.

TAPPLE

The final step to Orientation is when the teacher communicates the results of the lesson. Example:Students will complete a Graphic OrganizerStudents will complete notes on the causes of WWIIStudents will complete 10 practice problemsStudents will create an outline for their essayThis should be addressed while reviewing the agenda for the period.

Communicate Expected Results

1. List the three types of objectives.2. State the four domains from which a

language objective is written.3. List the three components of a Learning

Objective.4. List the two methods to Active Prior

Knowledge.5. What is the purpose of a social objective?6. Why is it important to incorporate

collaboration time into a lesson?

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