Gain insight and encouragement with a video that details the importance of goal setting and helpful tips to make the most progress. Scholars learn the difference between long-term and short-term goals, answer questions to identify specific goals, and get the inside scoop on how to use the acronym S.M.A.R.T. 

Concepts

goal setting, academic goals

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Additional Tags

social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• Send the link home for pupils to watch prior to discussing its contents in class
• Take screen shots and print important scenes to display around the classroom as goal-setting reminders 
• Accompany the video with a goal-setting notebook in which learners can take notes, answer questions, write their goals, and monitor progress

Classroom Considerations

• Beware of comments and suggested videos that arise before and after the video plays
• Queue the video in full screen so that it is ready to play without any distractions  

• This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

• Provides positive reinforcement for the failures and sacrifices that class members may experience from goal setting  
• Offers an acronym to remember the video's essential tips 

Cons

• None