Here are some of our most important Learning Targets:
Reading Workshop Learning Targets
*I can choose a "just right" book to read during independent reading time.
*I can make a specific comment about a book I've read.
*I can retell a story in order, with many details.
*I can make a meaningful text-to-self connection.
*I can make a connection between two different texts.
*I can make a thoughtful prediction after previewing a text.
*I can figure out the "big idea" or author's message of a text.
*I can find examples or proof in a text to support my answers or thoughts.
*I can identify interesting new words and use the text plus my background knowledge to figure out their meaning.
*I can identify the genre of a look.
*I can explain ways an author organizes a text.
*I can explain what an author does to make a book interesting.
*I can make inferences and draw conclusions about a text.
*I can identify character traits of the main or supporting characters in a book.
Writing Workshop Learning Targets
*I can write many details about my topic.
*I can use a beginning, middle and end to organize my writing.
*I can read over my writing and make sure I start sentences with a capital letter and end them with punctuation (. ! ?).
*I can begin my writing with an interesting lead!
*I can spell all of the Priority Words correctly when I write.
*I can write a persuasive letter.
*I can write a friendly letter.
*I can write a poem and include wow words and phrases.
*I can write an informational all about book.
*I can write a lab report about a science experiment with a question, hypothesis, materials, procedures, results, data and a conclusion.
*I can set writing goals and work to improve my writing in those areas.
Habits of Work Learning Targets: The WCS Staff has set a goal for the year of helping students recognize and strive toward mastering the habits of work that lend themselves to success in the classroom, academically and socially. In second grade we have narrowed this down to the 6 most important habits of work for our students at this time of the year (October). The list is fluid and may change as we grow as learners and workers.
*I can follow directions right away.
*I can work toward the target of the lesson, even if it is challenging for me.
*I can use my work time well to finish my job.
*I can show that I care about doing quality work.
*I can be respectful of others when they are working.
*I can be an active participant in class discussions.
