Reading: Ch 1

3~S Process

S	What statements can you make about the reading? What did you learn that others need to know? Assignments can make teaching and learning more focused They help set challenging goals and create high and clear expectations. “A lesson without an assignment is a lot like a carriage without a horse and no place to go” (9). Assignments should be aligned to standards, CCSS and be vehicles to prepare students for the work and routines of college. Assignments involve a cycle of learning, steps that lead to a product. They are evidence of outcomes Helps manage instruction and pacing to ensure better outcomes 3 principals of effective instruction: be clear about what to teach and how it's formative, allows for adjustment and scaffolding it sets high expectations
S	What strategies will you try? How will you apply your learning? Using assignments as a way to make steps that lead towards a learning outcome. Using assignments as clear, challenging (yet achievable) goals Making assignments part of my instruction as opposed to thinking about them as a separate entity. First align my assignments to the standards I'm teaching to before making them part of my instruction Making sure the purpose behind the assignments are explicit to students so they understand the reason behind doing them.
S	What is the source? Where did you get the information? Assignments Matter: Making the Connection That Help Students Meet Standards by Eleanor Dougherty, Ch 1 “Why Assignments Matter” pp. 7-18