What a fantastic post! Came across this in a PLT. I use WALT (we are learning to/ we are learning that), WILF (what I’m looking for) and TIB (this is because) in all learning areas. Success criteria and explicit teaching is so simple and logical… yet so powerful. This explains it beautifully!
A teacher’s take on the jargon of explicit teaching…
I know that parents have to decode a lot of jargon whilst their kids are at school. I’m often asked about some of the acronyms commonly seen and heard in my classroom. Perhaps they sound more like a quartet of elderly folks in a retirement home, however WALT, WILF, WALA and TIB are some the latest educational buzz words.
Explicit teaching focusses students toward the learning/understanding/skill, rather than the doing/task/activity. Below are some useful acronyms that are becoming more and more common in schools, for making learning explicit for children.
WALT = We Are Learning To…
Sometimes called a Learning Intention, a WALT makes the learning, concept, understanding or skill clear to students. For example, “We are learning to use talking marks in our writing”. I find WALTs extremely useful in differentiating between the task or activity and the actual learning…
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