Week 6

 Wednesday's Class:

This class and this lesson was extremely informative.  We learned about about how to build strong lesson objectives.  I have learned that lesson planning is extremely difficult, but working backwards and building a strong objective will make the lesson planning a bit easier.  A good format to use to build an objective is the ABCD formula.  The "A" stands for the audience, who is the target of the objective.  The "B" stands for the behavior, what the measurable behavior that demonstrates .  The "C" stands for conditions, meaning how the behavior will be performed.  The "D" stands for degree, meaning making the criterion known.

The main thing I took from this day was that the standards, objectives, and assessments all need to be aligned.

The above picture is something I found very interesting.  It really makes you think.  If there is no purpose to a lesson or if the standards, assessments, and objectives do not align then what is the point?  Everything needs to work towards a common goal, to be on the same page.  If the assessment does not fit the lesson then the feedback/information received will not be useful in terms of mastery of said lesson topic.

As far as Friday's class, I learned that my assessments for my lessons do not necessarily have to be in the form of a quiz or test.  Exit tickets are something I think work extremely well for me and will want to incorporate in my classroom in the future.  I also want to note that assessments can change lesson to lesson.  It is going to be a trial and error to find different assessments for different lessons in order to ensure that each assessment is developmentally appropriate and makes the most sense.