What in the world are Learning Targets?

Have your heard of Learning Targets?  Or has your child ever talked about them?  Learning Targets state what the students will be able to do at the end of a lesson or unit of study.  All Learning Targets start with the words "I can...".  For example  "I can identify, count and write numbers to 120", that is a Learning Target we are working on now.  When students know their Learning Target they know what they are learning and know where their learning is going.  We start and end each day with a discussion of our learning targets.  Quiz your first grader and see if they remember any! :)