Goals and Objectives

Goal 1: The student will develop the necessary skills to think logically and  critically.

Elementary, Middle, and High School Objectives:

1. The student will distinguish between relevant and irrelevant information, fact, and fantasy.

2. The student will develop skills in making inferences and recognizing unstated assumptions.

3. The student will recognize the purposes, main ideas, biases, points of view, and persuasive devices found in various sources.

4. The student will develop problem?]solving skills.

5. The student will use cognitive strategies of ordering, classifying, relating spatially and perceptually, reasoning, deducting, and thinking divergently to evaluate facts.

6. The student will use prior learning to gain new insights.

7. The student will recognize logical relationships and processes.

8. The student will recognize alternatives and accept responsibility for choices.

Additional Middle and High School Objectives:

9. The student will base judgments on sufficient evidence.

10. The student will interpret and improvise ideas in a variety of situations.

11. The student will learn to select, evaluate, and adapt resource material and apply it effectively.

12. The student will develop the capacity for skillful observation of life through processes of concentration, visualization of print and non?]print texts, and personal experience.

Additional High School Objectives:

13. The student will relate abstract word meaning to tangible experiences.

14. The student will discern and evaluate different points of view, biases, judgments, and expectations.

Goal 2: The student will develop sufficient listening skills to process oral information.

Elementary, Middle, and High School Objectives:

1. The student will learn the process of alert and purposeful listening.

2. The student will develop critical listening skills essential for comprehension, analysis, and evaluation.

3. The student will give appropriate responses (verbal and nonverbal) to oral information.

4. The student will listen productively by adjusting to normal distractions.

Additional High School Objective:

5. The student will be able to recognize important points and take notes through productive listening.

Goal 3: The student will have the necessary speaking skills to communicate information, thoughts, ideas, and feelings effectively in society.

Elementary, Middle, and High School Objectives:

1.The student will develop the positive self?]concept and self?]confidence essential for effective communication.

2. The student will learn to speak distinctly and expressively.

3. The student will organize and share information, stories, experiences, ideas, and feelings with others in both formal and informal situations.

4. The student will develop and utilize a broad range of verbal and nonverbal resources to communicate suitably for a variety of situations, audiences, and purposes.

5. The student will develop volume, pitch, rate, diction, inflection, gestures, and body language to facilitate good oral communication.

Additional High School Objectives:

6. The student will develop the ability to present a position and/or opinion clearly and persuasively.

7. The student will develop the necessary skills for producing and performing in original or prescribed situations.

Goal 4: The student will develop the reading skills necessary for word recognition, comprehension, interpretation, analysis, evaluation, and appreciation of the written language.

Elementary, Middle, and High School Objectives:

1. The student will develop language through gross motor, sensory motor, and perceptual skills.

2. The student will develop a reading vocabulary utilizing sight words, phonetic and structural analysis, context, and graphics.

3. The student will increase vocabulary skills by analyzing, synthesizing, and using new words.

4. The student will integrate word identification and comprehension to interpret and evaluate written materials.

5. The student will use strategies to monitor understanding during the reading process.

6. The student will read orally to develop fluency, expression, and accuracy.

7. The student will read independently for pleasure and information.

8. The student will learn to locate and recognize sources of information.

9. The student will identify and develop an understanding of literary genres.

Additional Middle and High School Objectives:

10. The student will expand upon the ideas gained from written materials and interact with text to form personal, reasonable interpretations.

11. The student will evaluate ideas and make judgments through the development of critical reading skills to form and support personal interpretations.

12. The student will relate and respond to literature in a variety of ways.

Additional High School Objectives:

13. The student will develop the ability to recognize and critique the relationship between the author's style and content.

14. The student will acquire the appropriate skills for the analysis of literature

including the interpretation of literary elements and figurative language.    

Goal 5:  The student will develop the structural and creative skills necessary to produce written language that can be read and interpreted by others.

Elementary, Middle, and High School Objectives:

1. The student will write legibly.

2. The student will develop grammatical, structural, and spelling skills appropriate to the level of development.

3. The student will learn that writing is a process which includes pre?]writing, drafting, revising, proofreading, and publishing.

4. The student will develop and demonstrate skills to organize thoughts and information into outlines, sentences, paragraphs, and compositions of various types.

5. The student will express ideas creatively through various original activities which may be enhanced through additional mediums.

6. The student will be able to write appropriately for various occasions, audiences, and purposes.

7.The student will develop and apply knowledge of media techniques to produce appropriate written language.

8. The student will learn manuscript form for formal and informal writing.

9. The student will acquire the skills necessary for effective use of resource materials using various media techniques.

Additional High School Objective:

10. The student will learn effective usage and documentation of primary and secondary sources.

Goal 6:   The student will develop an understanding of the history, semantics, and dialects of the language.

Elementary, Middle, and High School Objectives:

1.The student will understand that word meaning is suggested by  usage.

2. The student will understand the influence of multicultural and ethnic diversity on language patterns and dialects.

Additional Middle and High School Objectives:

3. The student will understand those phases through which language has evolved.

4. The student will acquire knowledge of the contributions of other languages to the English language.

5. The student will be aware that English has become an international language.

Additional High School Objective:

6. The student will build an understanding of the many dimensions of the human experience.

Goal 7: The student will use, read, and view media to research and analyze    content and concepts accurately.

Elementary, Middle, and High School Objectives:

1. The student will use a variety of sources to acquire information, including print and non?]print texts.

2. The student will access and use multiple technological reference sources.

3. The student will use media to view, read, write, communicate, and create.

Additional Middle and High School Objectives:

4. The student will develop and extend media application for a variety of audiences and purposes.

5. The student will explore and analyze the advantages and limitations of the computer as a research and communication tool.

6. The student will utilize multimedia to create, display, explain, and evaluate information.

7. The student will recognize and evaluate the differences between using print and non?]print media as a means of communication.

Additional High School Objectives:

8. The student will analyze, interpret, and explain the impact of media on daily life.

9. The student will research, interpret, organize, critique, and present

information from print and non?]print media.