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April 2014 (yes, belated)_Writing Language and Content Objectives

Greetings: Oh, how busy life gets in America; perhaps too busy.  I made myself a promise, that when I started this blog, I would try to do at least one post a month, at a minimum.  I got busy, too busy, and unfortunately left my poor blog all alone for too long. In an effort to bring this poor blog back to life, let me write about a topic I've enjoyed revisiting in my current graduate course:  The writing of both language and content objectives.  Let me share some posts from my recent grad work contributions.  Thanks. ~~~ Hello: My biggest take-away so far in this course is the importance of having both content and language objectives in lesson/ unit plans.  I am such a big believer in SIOP now, even more than before, and I see the importance of ensuring that students are getting the language piece in addition to the straight content. I would also be in favor of having both language and content objectives be a part of public school districts’ new...