The ABCDs of Objectives is as Easy as 1 2 3

I guess I was just oblivious to the fact that aside from the National Standards, each state does what they wish in terms of making up their own standards to fall under the National Standards along with adding and taking away what they seem fit in terms of their curriculums. As is the case where children do not get to pick who their parents are, it is pretty much tough luck for what state they live in and what that state's standards are. Some standards may be tougher and expect more from students while other states may be more lenient. It is nice that in this day and age with technology, schools are able to display their own standards to their discretion and inform students and parents what their objectives and expected outcomes are in terms of their students. It makes sense that every school should have their own standards that they emphasize, just like each school has their own unique curriculum and mission statement.

When we created lesson plans, we always focused on the objectives and activities of the lesson. The New York State standards were always there in the top left corner of our default lesson plans without much of a glance upon them. Standards are important, they are the guidelines which our lessons are meant to follow and include throughout the year. Different lessons and activities will gravitate differently towards the standards; I do not feel that the standards need to be pinpointed for every little objective but they are included in hopes of being thought about during the planning, implementation, and post phases.

I was never taught the official "ABCD" method of writing objectives and wish I had learned it during the beginning of college. Audience, Behavior, Condition and Degree give us a simple method for the ABCD acronym to make sure to include the four main factors of any teaching objective. The quizzes we had to take helped aid this process of creating objectives that included all four letters.