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Set SMART Goals Lesson PlanSet SMART Goals Lesson Plan
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Tech4Learning
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Grade
4th - 8th
Subjects
Social & Emotional Learning
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1 hr
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Set SMART Goals

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A video by Kid President kicks off a lesson about setting goals. Scholars use SMART—specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and timely—in identifying what goals or resolutions they wish to accomplish. After writing down and revising their choices, peers share their goals amongst each other. 

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

goal setting, academic goals, resolutions, social-emotional learning, self-management

Additional Tags

college and career readiness

Instructional Ideas

  • Flip your classroom, assign the video for homework—direct learners to watch the video at home in preparation for related activities the next day
  • Have the video ready to play in full-screen mode before class members start the lesson
  • Conduct the lesson at the start of the school year for long-term academic goals or when individuals return from winter break, similar to that of a New Year's resolution

Classroom Considerations

  • An ad plays towards the beginning of the video
  • Writing can be finished on paper or digitally

Pros

  • Multiple copies made of pupils' goals boosts accountability
  • Encourages social-emotional development in self-management

Cons

  • None

Common Core

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