- Teaching Strategies GOLD® Vocabulary
Areas of Development and Learning: the broadest domains of development and learning, e.g., Social—
Emotional.
- Objectives: a statement of expectations of knowledge, skills, and behaviors.
- In Objectives for Development & Learning, these statements are in bold print for levels 2, 4, 6,
and 8.
- Levels: in Objectives for Development & Learning the rating scale that describes specific points along the
progression for each objective.
- For WaKIDS, the only checkpoint due is to be completed by the end of the 7th week of
school.
- They are represented by color bands so that teachers can easily see
what is expected for a specific year