Learning Resources

Lesson Purposes, Practice Interactive

This interactive web page provides a resource to help you with writing learning intentions and success criteria. Specifically, it provides practice in writing learning intentions and success criteria to match the purpose of a lesson (such as establishing a definition, extending previous understanding of a concept, or understanding how a new model or representation works). It also helps you learn how to use the corresponding planning tool: the Lesson Purposes, Planning Interactive.

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Examples of Learning Intentions and Success Criteria

Although writing learning intentions and success criteria is dependent on many factors including curricula, unit goals, and data from previous lesson, many teachers have found reviewing examples helpful. This searchable database includes the examples used throughout this book as well as additional examples.

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Images of Posted Learning Intentions and Success Criteria

This PDF document shows various ways teachers have posted learning intentions and success criteria for reference and use during a lesson, and is intended to fuel your own ideas for how you can post them for students. See also the video: Suggestions for Posting Learning Intentions and Success Criteria.

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Video: Suggestions for Posting Learning Intentions and Success Criteria

This video provides examples of approaches to posting learning intentions and success criteria in the classroom. The ideas shown here may inspire ideas for ways to share learning intentions and success criteria with your own students. It might be helpful to read about learning intentions and success criteria in Chapter 2 prior to watching this video.

 

Video: Writing Learning Intentions and Success Criteria

This video provides examples of approaches to writing learning intentions and success criteria, including where teachers begin in their process and how they align or match their learning activities with the learning intention. It might be helpful to read about learning intentions and success criteria in Chapter 2 prior to watching this video. There are some references to learning progressions (Chapter 6) as well, so you may want to rewatch this after reading about learning progressions.

Video: Planning for Formative Assessment

These videos capture two teachers planning for a sequence of lessons. It might be helpful to read about learning intentions and success criteria in Chapter 2 prior to watching these videos.

Part 1: Writing a Learning Intention and Success Criteria

In this segment, the teachers are working on writing a learning intention and success criteria. 

Part 2: Considerations for Sharing Success Criteria with Students and Gathering Some Background Information

In this segment, the teachers are planning initial lesson activities to align with the learning intention and success criteria. 

Part 3: Planning and Adapting Textbook Activities to Support the Learning Intention

In this segment, the teachers examine their textbook lessons to align the lesson activities to the learning intention and success criteria they have written.