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INTENTIONALITY

Intentionality is telling the child the goal of what you are
doing. It takes a lot of the bias out of testing because we are
not making an assumption that the child knows what they
are supposed to be doing or why we're asking them these
questions.

It also allows them to see what our goal is for the lesson
and helps them to know the purpose of what they're
supposed to be doing. So. if you were working on following
directions, it could look like this;

What is the goal of the lesson?

Give a brief description of the purpose of the teaching. This
could be as simple as, “We’re going to work on following
directions that have 3 steps” or “We are going to work on
using past tense verbs.”

This seems very basic, but you’d be amazed at how often
people dive into a lesson without the child knowing what
they are working on.

Simply check in with your student and say: ”What are we
working on?” If they don’t know, tell them.

Here’s an example of incorporating intentionality into a
lesson.

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