Students Taking Charge of their learning and studying through learning goal charts:
I would like to say, that I take pride in my brilliance. I am not amazing by any means. BUT I do have this great gift of knowing what I want to do and being extremely good at it. Today I had one of those "God, I am good" kind of moments.
Today we needed new notebooks in my class. We have been working hard on our first notebooks since the start of the year and it's time for round two! As I am explaining the setup, I realized how much of a GENIUS I am. My students start each unit with gluing in their lesson strips on the top right page that explains: the standard, the lesson #, what number we are on in their bellwork, and what they do on the right, as well as what they do on the left. Right goes in their brain and left is "can you put it back out?"
As I am explaining that they are turning in their old notebook only after marking their learning goal charts, it hits me: I have finally reached that awesome year where I have nailed it! Their learning goal charts consist of: the unit title, essential question, objective, their "I can" statements attached with 3 columns "not yet," "getting there," and "yes, I can." Students mark them in blue before the unit and in pink after they test out. As I am explaining why we are storing the notebooks away until the end of the year, the lightbulb went off. I simply stated to the students that when I hand back your notebook before your End Of Course Exam for Civics (Civics EOC), you will go through your learning goal charts and mark them in green. The green will indicate where your knowledge stands at the end of the year. If there if something you don't feel "yes, I can" confident on in your learning goal chart, then you flip the page and begin studying your very own words. The flashcards lay next to your learning goal charts for a purpose for instant memory recall of the topics, but anything in between the learning goal chart you just marked in the green marker and the next one is fair game to study to slide yourself over on any "I can" statement.
I have not only created self-guided study guides but student led and student driven study guides with a table of contents to guide them down a path of their own individually tailored learning path. BOOM!
I think I am awesome... nevermind what I said before. I kick butt.
World History: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/World-History-Student-Learning-Goal-Checklist-2733193
Civics: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Student-and-teacher-7th-Grade-Civics-EOC-Learning-Goal-Tracker-for-Data-2198031
US history: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Student-and-Teacher-8th-Grade-United-States-History-Learning-Goal-Data-Tracker-2198037
European History Student Learning Goal Checklist: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/European-History-Student-Learning-Goal-Checklist-2733144
I would like to say, that I take pride in my brilliance. I am not amazing by any means. BUT I do have this great gift of knowing what I want to do and being extremely good at it. Today I had one of those "God, I am good" kind of moments.
Today we needed new notebooks in my class. We have been working hard on our first notebooks since the start of the year and it's time for round two! As I am explaining the setup, I realized how much of a GENIUS I am. My students start each unit with gluing in their lesson strips on the top right page that explains: the standard, the lesson #, what number we are on in their bellwork, and what they do on the right, as well as what they do on the left. Right goes in their brain and left is "can you put it back out?"
As I am explaining that they are turning in their old notebook only after marking their learning goal charts, it hits me: I have finally reached that awesome year where I have nailed it! Their learning goal charts consist of: the unit title, essential question, objective, their "I can" statements attached with 3 columns "not yet," "getting there," and "yes, I can." Students mark them in blue before the unit and in pink after they test out. As I am explaining why we are storing the notebooks away until the end of the year, the lightbulb went off. I simply stated to the students that when I hand back your notebook before your End Of Course Exam for Civics (Civics EOC), you will go through your learning goal charts and mark them in green. The green will indicate where your knowledge stands at the end of the year. If there if something you don't feel "yes, I can" confident on in your learning goal chart, then you flip the page and begin studying your very own words. The flashcards lay next to your learning goal charts for a purpose for instant memory recall of the topics, but anything in between the learning goal chart you just marked in the green marker and the next one is fair game to study to slide yourself over on any "I can" statement.
I have not only created self-guided study guides but student led and student driven study guides with a table of contents to guide them down a path of their own individually tailored learning path. BOOM!
I think I am awesome... nevermind what I said before. I kick butt.
World History: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/World-History-Student-Learning-Goal-Checklist-2733193
Civics: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Student-and-teacher-7th-Grade-Civics-EOC-Learning-Goal-Tracker-for-Data-2198031
US history: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Student-and-Teacher-8th-Grade-United-States-History-Learning-Goal-Data-Tracker-2198037
Psychology Student Learning Goal Checklist: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Psychology-Student-Learning-Goal-Checklist-2733165
European History Student Learning Goal Checklist: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/European-History-Student-Learning-Goal-Checklist-2733144
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