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Slums in the Spotlight: Will the Millennium Development Goals’ Target be Met?
Learners examine the conditions of slums in the world. In this critical thinking skills activity, students compare the places that people live in the world as they view scenes from the film "Slumdog Millionaire." Learners also examine...
EngageNY
Mid-Unit Assessment: Close Reading of Bullfrog at Magnolia Circle: Bullfrog Life Cycle
The sixth lesson plan in this Bullfrog at Magnolia Circle unit assesses your third graders' ability to read and understand informational text. The included assessment asks learners to take notes about the main idea and supporting details...
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Your Energy Balance Goal!
This is the last lesson in the series put out by Together Counts on health. This activity has youngsters setting goals to keep their energy balanced by making excellent eating and activity choices. They may need a little help making...
Missouri Department of Elementary
The Successful Student: Just Checking
The final lesson in a skill-based series focuses on setting goals and making checklists. Class members discuss what it means to set realistic goals and practice making lists to manage their time effectively.
Scholastic
Hopes and Dreams
A lesson encourages mini scholars in setting goals. Peers share their hopes and dreams and discuss how each one adds to everyone's unique character. Class members draw themselves in a scene achieving a goal. A follow-up meeting allows...
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What Does Success Mean to Me?
One can't set goals until he knows what he needs to feel successful. Learners discuss what they believe it means to be successful. They then fill out a graphic organizer showing four different paths to a successful adult life.
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My Personal Goal
Fifth graders use goal setting in order to use time and energy efficiently.
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Planning and Setting Goals
Fifth graders set goals for themselves and evaluate themselves a month later.
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Personal Goals
Students analyze personal goals and set goals for themselves. In this goal setting lesson plan, students discuss short and long term goals. Students visit a website about goals and use the FCCLA planning process to set their own goals.
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Setting Goals for Success
Learners construct SMART goals. In this goal-setting activity, students discover how to write a SMART goal for their student portfolios. Working in pairs learners write short-term goals that will build towards a long-term goal.
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Goal Setting
Students participate in a lesson that focuses on the skill of setting a goal. They practice the setting of a specific goal that can be measured and achievable given the right resources. Students generate a list of goals while going...
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Goal Setting
Students discuss the importance of setting goals, then set goals, and keep a record of their achievements. They read books about goal-setters and listen to a guest speaker.
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Wishes and Goals
Third graders learn the definitions for goals and wishes and know the difference between the two. They examine a list of goals and determine if they are short term, mid term, and long term goals.
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IEP Goals
Students answer three questions to accomplish their daily plan: What methods will I use?, What help do I need?, and When will I do it? They evaluate and adjust their plans daily instead of weekly. Pupils practice using the Take Action...
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Goal Setting -- Mission Statements
High schoolers read examples of mission statements related to goal setting. Individually, they research accomplishments of their hero and how they overcame fear. To end the lesson, they write their own mission statement on how they...
Missouri Department of Elementary
Ingredients of a Relationship Recipe
An eye-catching hook makes a smart analogy between ingredients for a food recipe and ingredients for quality relationships. Scholars discuss and list qualities they feel contribute to positive interactions. Pupils create a recipe card...
California Department of Education
Due Dates, Deadlines, and Decisions
Get high schoolers thinking about their post-secondary plans with a lesson plan that teaches them how to navigate the application and financial aid process. They create a junior/senior calendar identifying time-sensitive tasks,...
Overcoming Obstacles
Learning to Be Assertive
After defining passive, aggressive, and assertive, class members role-play different scenarios demonstrating these behaviors. Individuals then identify a weakness they wish to improve and, using what they have learned throughout the...
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Talk is Cheap
Second graders listen to the tale, "The Tortoise and the Hare" and discuss the moral of the story. Afterward, they brainstorm words that encouraged the Tortoise to accomplish his goal. Students then review the concept of goal setting and...
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Man On the Moon!
Fourth graders are given a hand out, the instruction page for the activity. They read the answers to the following questions:"What is our goal?", "What is my timeline?, and "What resources do I have to help me accomplish the goal?" They...
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Goal Setting For the Classroom
Learners list goals for language learning in the classroom. In groups, students brainstorm goals and discuss their importance. Afterward, learners map their goals and create motivational posters to hang around the room. Periodically,...
iCivics
Step 6: Plan Your Attack
Lights, camera, ACTION! Pupils learn what it takes to set up an action plan to achieve a goal in the sixth installment of a 10-part County Solutions - High School series. They research, analyze, and work together to create a plan of...
Nebraska Department of Education
Time Management
As eighth-graders move on to high school, strong time management skills become critical. As part of a career Planning & Management unit, scholars learn how to analyze their time and consider how their choices impact their ability to...
Nebraska Department of Education
The Five Things
High school freshmen consider how their resources and values can support them in their future goals by answering questions such as; What do you value? What do you enjoy doing? What do you do well? Of what accomplishments are you...