Goal Setting

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Goal Setting

• Literacy 06

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Make sure your goals are

• Specific
• Ambitious but achievable
• Positive
• Scheduled for completion on specific dates
• Revisited regularly to assess progress

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Setting Personal Goals

• Doing well in school
• Being healthy
• Making new friends
• Learning new things
• Being Creative
• Exercising/playing sports
• Being happy

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Setting Personal Goals

• Practicing RESPECT
• Practicing honesty

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Getting along better with others

• Keeping my hands to myself
• Being positive
• Not spreading rumors
• No bullying
• Following the rules
• No complaining
• Respect the rights of others

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Doing well in school

• Examples of goals
• Completing work on time
• Using assignment notebook
• Listening in class
• Studying for tests
• Reading required texts
• Checking over work
• Asking for help

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Being Healthy

• Eating healthy food
• Getting more exercise
• Getting more sleep
• Spend more time outdoors

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Reading Goals

• Before setting goals
• Review achievement tests
• Review last years CARS results
• What have I had difficulty with
• Think about Compare/Contrast
• Think about Main Idea
• Think about Graphic Organizers

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Reading Goals

• Goals must be specific
• Goals are to be reached by March report card
• Goals must be measurable
• You must be able to tell if you have reached your
  goal

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Example of reading goal

• I will achieve a mastery level 80 on main idea
  assignments.
• I will complete a total of 10 points on
  Accelerated Reader quizzes.