Write a stem to begin the statement of the objective. Stems are generally written in the third person and refer to the lesson at hand. After referencing the student and lesson, finish the opening stem with the phrase "will be able to." For example, a basic stem would be, "After completing this lesson, the student will be able to..." This stem will be followed by the rest of the objective.
Add an actionable verb after the stem. This indicates the primary action the student will learn in the subsequent lesson. Common verbs used in mathematics objectives include calculate, compute, identify and graph. For example, with the opening stem, the objective would thus far read, "After completing this lesson, the student will be able to calculate..." This fragment will be completed by the specifics of the objective.
Follow the verb with a concise description of the key lessons or objectives of the subsequent chapter. For longer sections, follow the verb with a colon and create a cascading bullet list of multiple actionable objectives. These descriptions should be as brief as possible, highlighting only the major points of the chapter to come. For example, a complete math objective would read, "After completing this lesson, the student will be able to calculate the lengths of all sides of a right triangle by using the Pythagorean theorem."