Knowing what you want to teach by writing instructional objectives in advance of instruction is essential to helping students learn. Begin by identifying the state mandated content standards related to the subject you will teach. Then identify one or two specific standards on which you will base a specific lesson.
You can find Texas' curricular standards, the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills, or TEKS, here (Links to an external site.).
If you are pursuing certification as an EC-6 generalist, be sure that your lesson plan is consistent with Texas' Prekindergarten Guidelines (Links to an external site.) if appropriate.
Each educational objective should address at least one identified state standard. When writing objectives, a sufficient number of objectives should be constructed to address each identified state standard for your lesson. In this assignment you will need to provide 3-5 objectives corresponding to 1 or more state standards that you identify.
To write your objectives:.
1. Reference the list of verbs related to Bloom's taxonomy from this course.
2. Select verbs from each column on the list, based on the Bloom's level at which you are seeking to measure learning.
3. Ensure that at least two of your objectives are related to higher-order thinking (thinking at the two highest levels, Evaluating or Creating, of Bloom's taxonomy).
Here is an example of a concise, achievable, and measurable objective:
The student decides whether a sentence is simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex. (Evaluate)
Label the level of Bloom’s Higher Order Thinking that corresponds to each objective.