Goal Setting with 4th Grade - Part 2 - What makes a GOOD goal?

You can see part 1 of 4th grade's goal setting unit here.

Part 2 of my mini-unit on goal setting with a 4th grade classroom was on the three components of a "good goal". While I think SMART goals are great, that's too much for my 4th graders to handle, so we focus on the ideas that:

• A good goal is realistic.
• A good goal is specific.
• A good goal has a plan.

We again used a PPT with some built in activities to go through the material

And here's an outline of the PPT:

-Review material from previous lesson.

-In a circle, students complete a ball toss activity. Students stand in a circle and give them the following guidelines:

            -Each person can only get the ball once.

            -You cannot toss the ball to someone right next to you.

            -I will be timing you.

-Continue through PPT. For specific:

-Have students work individually or as table groups to identify examples andnon-examples of specific goals.

-Ask a student volunteer to make a specific goal for their ball toss time (do not interfere with how realistic it is) and write it down.

-For realistic:

            -Repeat the above

-For has a plan:

            -Students sort action steps by which goal(s) they would help you achieve.

       -Make a plan for how to complete the ball toss quicker.

       -Repeat the ball toss activity (using their plan!) to see if they make their goal.

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