STANDARDS-BASED LEARNING OBJECTIVES (Essay Sample)

Unwrapping the Standards Part 1: Video Evaluation Video: “Art and Social Studies Unite” by Michele Snyder Yes, the teacher has modeled academic language and critical thinking skills. The teacher is selective about the kind words she uses. She allows the student to extend their artistic and social knowledge when she requests them to sing. She keeps on repeating some words while teaching. She uses words relevant to the subject she is teaching to ensure a proper understanding of the concepts by the students. Engaging students in repeating whatever she teaches is crucial in ensuring the students understand by memorizing. While teaching the students in groups, she is promoting in depth-knowledge; through the group, the students can manipulate the words. Repeating is a form of memorization and is the easiest method of improving the recall ability among learners. The students are given instructions to help them manipulate words; she repeats some words in these instructions to help them understand better. The students are encouraged to read out loud. The teacher gives the students time to read on their own. The teacher has constructed questions from what she taught the students to answer; she uses this as a questioning strategy. She has developed several questions in sequence for her students, which helps them recall what they have been taught. By asking and answering the questions, students gain the courage to learn more and attain self-esteem that enables them to yearn for more (Snyder, 2016). The questions are from the topic she is teaching, thus bringing better understanding and making it easy for the student to remember what they have learned and the topic. Through the teacher's questioning strategy, the students can recall, reason, think, and interpret different concepts according to their understanding. These strategies help the students to come up with multiple approaches and extended thinking. The teacher’s ability to engage the students in the learning process makes the class lively and helps them develop strong relationships. These developed interactive lessons are significant in exhibiting the ability of teachers to model academic language and critical thinking skills. Part 2: Writing Learning Objectives Grade Level 4th Grade State/National Social Studies Standard Washington social studies power standards. State/National Arts Standard Washington visual arts power standards DOK Level 1 Recall and Reproduction Students will be able to recall the system of governance organized into different levels, such as the national, local, tribal, and state, and how they function. The student will be able to brainstorm several strategies for a design problem or art design; thus, they should develop essential life skills such as innovative thinking and creativity. DOK Level 2Skills and Concepts/Basic Reasoning Students will be able to understand how various government levels function in terms of policies, rules, and laws at state and tribal levels. Students will be able to invent and explore multiple approaches to art-making techniques us...