Success criteria display bulletin boards

When I looked at my last post and realized it was Christmas themed, I realized I was long overdo for a blog post. This new year has brought a lot of changes for my district, and one of those changes was the requirement to have all objectives posted. My grade level already had them posted, so we felt like we could check this off our list. They worked great and I loved that they took up very little space. This smaller set is editable, so you do have the option of typing your objectives. I used…

Over the last few years, there has been a bit of a push in schools to be creating and displaying a Learning Focus for each lesson. At my school, we are required to display our Learning Intentions and Success Criteria to match. This needs to be visible to the students and written in child-friendly language. I can definitely see the benefit of this as not only does it enable teachers to stay on track, it also gives students an opportunity to self-assess and reflect on their own learning. The…

It is important to explicitly tell the students WHAT they will be learning, HOW they will be successful in mastering that skill and WHY it is an important skill to learn. This is where learning targets and success criteria come in to play.

One day of learning in first grade. Learning targets and success criteria. Clear purpose every day.

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Having a fun way to display learning objectives in the classroom makes them more attractive for students and more likely they will interact with them daily.

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