Relating Learning Goals to Classroom Activity

From the perspective of  someone hoping to go into the world of teaching someday soon, the idea of following a strict set of Curriculum Expectations and Learning Goals can appear quite daunting.  As anyone who has worked as a teacher or in an environment conducive to learning we know that every child in the classroom is different is unique.  While Learning Goals aid a teacher to maintain a sense of direction, achieving these for the students require aa fine balance, following the documents assigned by the ministry and making the necessary accomodations for the students in your classroom.

During my last placement in relating Learning Goals to my students it became apparent to me that learning vocabulary in a specific unit area would require a stronger development of Literacy Skills, which many of my students were struggling with.  Some of the students spoke English as a second language which made the use of conventional teaching strategies often confusing or irrelevant. Taking the opportunity to take a few extra steps to reach your end goal can be both mutually beneficial to the teacher in finding new creative learning techniques and the student.



















Making sure to go over Learning Goals and how you intend to achieve, which would be the Success Criteria demonstrated by the completion of various activities, assignments and tests throughout the unit will give student a point of reference to assess the relevance of what they are learning.  Students will be more motivated to learn if they can see how it will benefit them and what they can use the knowledge for in their everyday lives.  Going over Learning Goals with the class and keeping them on the board for reference allows me to make note of what elements have been covered and the material that needs to be further expanded upon.  It has also helped shape the direction of my lessons and given me motivation to find new activities and exercises that can be used to further ensure students will meet their Success Criteria requirements and take away meaningful knowledge with them.