How to Quickly Write Language & Content Objectives

Welcome all-star teachers! Here is our weekly reflection question: How consistent are you in writing language and content objectives?

Writing language objectives and content objectives can be overwhelming and time consuming for any teacher. When learning how to write content objectives and learning objectives, there are way too many resources available. This can lead to you feeling confused and in some cases frustrated. 

Before I started teaching, I faintly heard of content and language objectives. The first struggle was understanding what is a content objective and what is a language objective. A content objective identifies what the students will be able to know and what to do by the end of the lesson. A language objective shows how the students will show their learning through the four domains of language (reading, listening, writing, and/or speaking). After being able to understand the difference between the two, the next step was to be able to write them in an effective way. 

This is where I ran into another roadblock. It took some time, but I created a graphic organizer that helped me write language and content objectives. You can use the graphic organizer to help you write language and content objectives. I still needed something quicker and more efficient. That is when I decided to create a toolbox of language objectives and content objectives that I use throughout the school year. 

I knew throughout the school year I would be interacting a lot with our state standards which are aligned to Common Core Standards. Looking at those standards I created a toolbox of learning objectives based on those standards. This helped me to simply copy and paste when I needed them. There were times when I had to slightly modify but that did not take up too much of my time. 

I also used the exact same strategy with Language Objectives. After learning how to write them, I kept a toolbox of the most common ones that I used. This helped me save so much time when I was planning. The best part is that I can recycle those language objectives from year to year no matter the grade level. 

The first step is to download the Language Objective Guide that walks you through step-by-step on how to write Language Objectives. Next, create a toolbox of the most commonly used language and content objectives. How do you plan on maximizing your time in creating language and content objectives?

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