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The
Maine Project Learning Tree Tree
Links, prepared by Maine
teachers in 1999, correlates all PLT activities, preK-8, with the Maine State
Learning Results from that period. With roots in Maine’s
Common Core of Learning, the Learning Results are comprised of 6 Guiding
Principles, 8 subject area Content Standards, and Performance Indicators in 3
grade clusters: Elementary Grades Pre-K-2, Elementary Grades 3-4, and Middle
Grades 5-8. The Tree
Links includes alignment information for the content standards
and performance indicators. Content Standards are broad descriptions of
the knowledge and skills that students should acquire. Performance indicators
describe what all students should know and be able to demonstrate mastery of a
content standard. They are intended to include both knowledge and skills, be
assessable in a variety of ways, and define results. It is essential to
emphasize, and for educators to consider, that the Learning Results apply to all
students, including those with unique learning needs and/or identified
disabilities.
Copies
of the most recent and up-to-date Learning Results are available at the
following address:
Learning
Results
Maine Department of Education
23 State House Station
Augusta, Maine
04333-0023
http://www.maine.gov/education/lres/
In
creating this document the authors made some assumptions when completing these
correlations. Connections between the Learning Results and Project Learning Tree
activities are subject to interpretation. In working with the group of
consultants to put the guide together, we aimed for consistency. Consultants
were asked to look for connections to the activities as written in the PLT
curriculum materials, not on the many modifications that could be implemented by
an imaginative educator. Please don’t feel limited by our decisions and
choices.
If
you have the PLT preK-8 Activity Guide or the high school modules, you can
browse the links for alignment to the MSLR. For educators unfamiliar with
Project Learning Tree, six-hour workshops are offered to provide firsthand
experience with the activity guides. Activity alignment with MSLR is a standard
component of any workshop.
Use
this Matrix to assist you in finding the most appropriate PLT Activity
Overview
of Tree Links {Word Document}
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