Content and Language Objectives

Objectives are the basic way to communicate the overall goal of a lesson. Learning objectives should communicate both what students should be able to do and how they will demonstrate that learning. Here are a few resources and visuals to help with your lesson planning:

Language Objectives:

All of our students benefit from explicit instruction of Academic Language. As such, BCPS teachers are expected to include language objectives in their lesson plans. Writing learning objectives that include a language target helps teachers plan the explicit instruction of important language forms and functions into their lessons.  This language objective template is a useful resource for planning language objectives. You can also combine language and content objectives using the format below.