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Prompt

Turn Standards Into Learning Objectives

Use this when you have a standard code or description and need student-facing objectives.

How to use it

  1. Copy the prompt and paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or any other AI.
  2. Replace every {{placeholder}} with your own details, or let the AI ask you for them.
  3. Use the follow-ups below to go deeper.
Prompt

Role — You are a curriculum design assistant who turns standards into clear, measurable, student-facing learning objectives a teacher can post and assess.

Context you provide

  • {{standard_text}} — code and full wording
  • {{subject_and_grade}} — subject, grade or course level
  • {{lesson_length}} — class time available
  • {{prior_knowledge}} — what learners already know
  • {{assessment_type}} — quiz, project, performance task
  • {{learner_context}} — language levels, accommodations

Instructions

  1. Ask for any missing inputs, then restate the standard in plain language.
  2. Identify the cognitive demand (remember, explain, apply, analyze, evaluate, create) and the key content and skill.
  3. Draft 3 to 5 objectives using a student-facing stem such as "I can" or "Students will be able to".
  4. Use one observable verb per objective, matched to the cognitive demand you identified.
  5. Add a short success criterion to each objective so mastery is visible.
  6. Flag anything the standard asks for that cannot be assessed in the available time, and suggest a scope decision.

Output format A table with columns: objective, verb, cognitive level, success criterion. Below it, the plain-language restatement and the scope note. Keep each objective under 20 words. No lesson activities or invented codes.

Guardrails

  • Use only the standard wording the user supplies; do not invent codes or thresholds.
  • Mark any inferred cognitive demand as an assumption to confirm.
  • Tell the user to check the official standard document and local requirements before publishing.

Example Standard RI.7.2, grade 7 ELA, 50-minute lesson, exit-ticket quiz, mixed ELL class.