Jumping Into Goal Setting

We began the month by watching Lex compete in Rio. We watched him strive to reach his goal of gold. Although, he did not meet his goal, he did come home with a silver medal. What a rush of emotions and perseverance! This showed us if you work hard you can reach your goals. We followed up Rio with Lex’s goal setting video. He was so creative with his message. The weights on the sled made since to the students when it came to writing their short term and long term goals.

 

 

Lex’s Challenge

Lex challenged us to write one long term goal and three short term goals. Most students set their goals on college or careers. They used some of Lex’s ideas when it came to their short term goals; completing homework, studying for tests, passing elementary, middle, and high school. We talked about what it means to write a SMART goal. We helped one another decide if the goals were measurable. Two long term goals that really touched me were “I want to be a better reader.” and “I want to get a good paying job.” (This comes from a student with little money at home.) Since Lex is a Track and Field athlete, we wrote our goals on track shoes. Long term goals were written on the shoe, while the short term goals were written on the wing of the shoe. They are on our long jump bulletin board outside our classroom.

 

 

Usually my students are shy and do not want to share their ideas with the class. This was far from the truth when it came to sharing their goals with Lex. Almost every student wanted to film their goals so Lex knows what they are striving towards. Listen as students share their long term and short term goals with Lex.

Jumping Into Goal Setting Part 1

Jumping Into Goal Setting Part 2

Goal Setting Extras

We are a Leader In Me school and Habit #2 Begin With the End in Mind is all about goal setting. In addition to the goals we wrote for Lex, we have written quarterly and yearly academic goals. These are kept in our Leadership Notebooks. We will be tracking data all year to see our progress towards these goals. We have also written a reading, math, and science class goal called WIGS (Wildly Important Goals). We use “From X to Y by when” to help us write measurable goals. We are also an AVID school and one piece we focus on is weekly goal setting in our agendas; academic or personal. Here are some of our recent weekly goals.

To learn more about our goals, visit our Classroom Champions Weebly page.

Standards

ELA: RI.5.3 Explain the relationships or interactions between two or more individuals, events, ideas. W.5.2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.

5.MEH.1 Apply positive stress management strategies. (goal setting)