The Maine Project Learning Tree Tree Links correlates all PLT activities, preK-12, with the Maine State Learning Results. 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 4 grade clusters: Elementary Grades Pre-K-2, Elementary Grades 3-4, Middle Grades 5-8, and Secondary Grades. 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 Learning Results are available at the following address:

Learning Results
Maine Department of Education
23 State House Station
Augusta, Maine 04333-0023
http://www.state.me.us/education

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}