{"id":3800,"date":"2021-03-05T12:41:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-05T07:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learn.toddleapp.com\/?post_type=talk_post&#038;p=3800"},"modified":"2025-08-12T18:01:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T12:31:08","slug":"the-role-of-command-terms-in-the-myp","status":"publish","type":"talk_post","link":"https:\/\/www.toddleapp.com\/learn\/talk-post\/the-role-of-command-terms-in-the-myp\/","title":{"rendered":"<b>The Role of Command Terms in the MYP<\/b>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>About the Talk<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Command Terms are omnipresent in every MYP classroom! Yet, their true power is rarely recognized. Join experienced MYP educator and leader, Luiz Mello as he uncovers three key ways to use the MYP Command Terms in your classroom. Go beyond the semantics and understand how Command Terms can be an invaluable tool to help students set expectations and reflect on their work. Through examples, discover how to use them to supercharge assessments. And finally, explore how Command Terms can aid with vertical alignment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group learnings has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fff6f3\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Key objectives include:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Using command terms to guide student expectations and reflection on performance<\/li><li>Connecting learning with assessment via command terms<\/li><li>Unpacking command terms as a tool for vertical alignment<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About the Talk Command Terms are omnipresent in every MYP classroom! Yet, their true power is rarely recognized. Join experienced MYP educator and leader, Luiz Mello as he uncovers three key ways to use the MYP Command Terms in your classroom. 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