Goal Setting

 For Goal Setting, we were challenged to think of a long term goal and 3 short term goals to help us achieve our long term goals. Lex had a great metaphor of pushing a sled with weights. At first it is hard, but if we take off our challenges, weights, little by little, our goal becomes closer and easier to acheive.

I had my class think of a long term goal that they could achieve by either the end of the year or end of December.


 Many students thought about improving their grades. Getting small or short term goals to help, really kept them accountable. By making sure they write down their homework daily, to telling their parents that they have homework, then turning in homework daily.

Some students wanted to get in fitter shape and run further. They planned out 3 easy steps that they could achieve, and I have 2 students already crossing off their short term goals, because they were already achieved!

I cannot wait to read their goals back to them in December and see how much progress they have made.