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And now for an awesome, informative post from one of my favorite bloggy friends, Christina Bainbridge:
Hey friends! I'm Christina from
*Bunting, Books, and Bainbridge* and so thrilled that the lovely Mrs. Reed has asked me to blog for her in her absence! I'm a 3rd grade ELA teacher from Michigan. You can check out my blog by clicking my button below!
Do you display "I can" statements or learning goals in your classroom? I do... or did... until I just didn't anymore. I have a few sets of cards with "I can" statements, but some were too broad or too limiting and then I kept losing track of where each one was because I have files for my reading series for each week and I kept putting them in there but then couldn't find them when I wanted to review the skill later on.
And then, I needed to move my CAFE menu which eliminated part of my board space! You can see I'm using up every spare inch of white board at the front of my room:
So, I recently added some fancy bulletin board letters and put magnets on the back of them so I can quickly move them if needed, and I made this little area:
I love being able to quickly write up some learning goals, in words I know my kiddos will understand, using my own phrasing too. It takes me just a quick minute at the end of the day to write these up for the next day... and you better believe the kids check them when they come in so they can get more specifics on what we'll be doing each day!
It's quick, easy, and a great way to get my kiddos aware of what our learning will be each day!
I'd love to know how you share your learning goals with your students too.
Thanks again, Ashley, for having me and letting me share!
I do something similar. I have a schedule for the day on laminated cards at the side of the whiteboard. Most cards have a line at the bottom so I can add the I can statements. Sometimes I do them at night and sometimes the students help me write them. :) And, yes, they do refer to them!
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I also write mine on the board next to my agenda. My kiddos are just getting used to them being up there! I am also a new follower!
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I love the ideas of posting the I Can statements too. Thanks for the great post. I am happy to be follower #802! Come on over to see what my third graders are up too.
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We are starting to use them too...we are calling them learning targets
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