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I found this goal setting notebook that I am going to try with my 2nd graders. It is challeging to find a resource for younger students. I have used SMART goals with my 3rd and 4th graders, I am hoping to start my kids off to a successful path of becoming purposeful goal setters.

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My students use this Heart Word Tracker, as well as a graph we keep in their folder, to see their growth over time. We read heart words about once a month and time them to see how many they can read correctly within that minute. Once we finish, we graph their progress, move their star, and create new note cards of words they will practice during the coming weeks. It is very motivating for them because it is specific to their needs and they can truly see their improvement each time we do a Heart Word Check-In!

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On the first day of school, I ask my students to share at least one goal that they have for my class. As we approach the end of term 1, I plan to have my students self evaluate where they are with their goal. Are they on track? If not, what should they work on to get there? We will be spending some class time to come up with some specific steps. If their goals are grade related, I will be asking them to look at their grades (including their HOW grades) on Schoology in addition to reading my feedback. I plan to have them self evaluate again right before the semester ends to see how much progress they have made. (Maggie Arnold)

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Often it is difficult to locate good resources for younger students. I have found this blog a great resource. Her primary focused and friendly SMART Goal ideas are very appropriate for our youngest learners.

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Hello Friend!

In my growth minded classroom student goal setting and reflection is routine practice. Prior planning, achievement, and reflection of goals make new challenges even more achievable since students have a clear understanding that their continued efforts will lead to success.

Goals come in many forms; they may be purely academic, social, or goals even may have to do with character building. All students need to be explicitly taught how to choose, set, and reflect on goals. It is not an instinctive skill, even for most adults.

Even our youngest learners can have a clear understanding that a goal is just an area of weakness we need to strengthen and celebrate improvement!

For older students, you may want to determine the difference between performance goals and learning goals.

Goal types defined by Carol Dweck:

Performance Goal: a goal that focuses on demonstrating tasks, content knowledge, skills or abilities, and often how the acquired skill or task will be judged in comparison to others (getting an A in French class).

Learning goal: a goal that focuses on overall learning, particularly how mastery of a skill or concept will develop understanding and ability to subsequent learning and challenges (being able to speak French).

Students who set learning goals focus on true mastery- a deep understanding from which students can draw conclusions, connect ideas, and build relationships to new skills and concepts. Learning oriented goals help students develop grit and dedication to learning over time, as opposed to performance goals, which are more about proving intelligence or ability on isolated tasks.

Research tells us that while both types of goals help students achieve in school, learning goals lead them to greater understanding and enhance their ability to apply what they've learned in new ways in future challenges.

Why set goals?

During explicit teaching of growth mindset lessons students learn that our abilities are not fixed, that our brains are malleable and can grow with determination and grit. When students understand that their intelligence is not limited, goal setting is the pathway to their success.

A goal is an outcome, something that will make a difference as a result of achieving it. It can't be too ambitious to be out of reach, but also not so simple that it does not challenge. A goal has to be realistic with a stretch, requiring effort and focus to achieve it. That's why goals need timeframes and measurable action steps along the way so that we can keep track of progress and make adjustments as necessary.

By setting goals, measuring and celebrating their achievements, students are able to see what they have done and what they are capable of. Seeing their results gives the confidence and assurance that they need to believe they can achieve higher goals.

SMART Goals

Setting specific and attainable goals can be a difficult task for some students. Even with explicit directions and extensive modeling, many students will write vague and generic goals like: I want to read harder books or get better at math.

If SMART goal setting is new for your students, take time to clearly model and discuss each part of the SMART framework. Expect this process to be a series of lessons the first time through.

Make an anchor chart clearly defining and giving examples of:

What is specific vs vague?

What is measurable vs non measurable?

What does attainable mean? Will this be too hard, too easy, or make me stretch a bit?

What is relevant? Is this important for my long term growth?

What is timely?

Many teachers have goal setting success when students focus on a behavior goal as their first SMART goal, as it is a bit more tangible to them. In addition, if you are starting goal setting at the beginning of the year, this is another opportunity to establish expected behaviors with your students.

Here is a great SMART goal setting informative video (appropriate for upper elementary students)

Using a SMART goal graphic organizer will help plan and make goal setting easier for students.

Although your students should choose individual goals, collaborating with peers about their specific goal and action steps can help with the process and build accountability.

Once you have worked through the planning process of goals and action steps, students can write their goals and action steps on a desk visual reminder and/or transfer their goal to the My SMART Goal paragraph to hang in the classroom.

Celebrations

No matter what type of goals your students are achieving, find a way to celebrate their success. It could be as simple as a shout out or sticker, a positive note of encouragement, a visual representation on a designated bulletin board, allowing them time to share their goal reflections with their peers, etc.

Students should have a tangible way to feel accomplished which will lead to motivation to take action on new goals. In addition, other students can feel encouraged that their peers have similar struggles and have met them with success over failure.

Included in my Goal Setting for Students resource are goal setting read aloud book suggestions, notes for the teacher, teaching posters, many options of Growth Mindset goal recording sheets, SMART goal planning & recording sheets, goal reflections, goal pennants, and student award certificates. >>>click the image below to see more!

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Hello Friend! In my growth minded classroom student goal setting and reflection is routine practice. Prior planning, achievement, and reflection of goals make new challenges even more achievable since students have a clear understanding that their continued efforts will lead to success.

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After viewing the articles and videos on goal setting I would like for my students to take a more active role in their learning . My hope is that if students create their own goal and are in "charge" of monitoring their improvement they will be more engaged in tasks and feel empowered. I would love to use this organizer to help students create their learning path and support them as they move along the path to reaching their goal.

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Create individual student binders. Students have the opportunity to create weekly goals. Students can make charts to track their progress. Also, students can track short and long term goals. This also provides students with the opportunity to review their progress over time and goals they started earlier in the year and how they have progressed.

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I particularly likes the videos on goal setting because it gave me an idea how to meet with students to help them create their own goals.  I'm at a bit of a loss for how to start something like this in the middle of the school year when many of the teachers in the videos refer to "At the beginning of the year we did..." or "When we first started the year we..."  I am looking forward to the start of next school year just so I can have a fresh start with all the new ideas that I have.

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Using an organizer like this, helps younger students identify the goals they are working on and how they will go about meeting them. It also has a section for students to determine if the goal has been met for accountability.

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I have used data binders in the past and I want to be work on being more consistent with them. I think they are so useful in the classroom for showing students their progress and having class discussions on where we are! This is a great resource on how to create a data binder.

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This fully editable student data binder will help you with progress monitoring and data tracking in your classroom.

This is another free resource for teachers from The Curriculum Corner.

This fully editable student data binder will help you create a system for data tracking and management in your classroom.

As showing student growth has become an important aspect of teaching, creating student data binders or folders is becoming more common.

We know there are many student data collection methods, we are sharing one we created.

We have updated our previous collection of forms and expanded their reach. You will also find that all of our forms are provided as a PDF and an editable PowerPoint file.

How to Set up your Student Data Binders

The wide variety of forms we have included should help you begin to pull together meaningful folders or binders for student data tracking.

Use our pages to set up your own simple data binders or adapt our materials to create a more complex data system that follows students through school.

As a teacher you might decide to have students be responsible for tracking their own data or you might be in charge of tracking data and share with your students when appropriate.

The decision is yours depending on the purpose of having data folders in your room.

Choosing Forms for your Student Data Binders

To decide on the forms that will fit your class best, begin by thinking about why you are creating these data folders. Make sure the pages choose fit your needs.

Thinking through the purpose before beginning will make sure the binders are meaningful. If helping children master sight words is not a goal in your classroom, skip these pages and find a different reading tool that works better for you.

Using Data Binders in your Classroom

These folders can be used as important pieces of a parent teacher conference. Compiling student work samples can help you share with parents how their child has grown or what struggles they are working on overcoming.

Data binders can be a meaningful tool during PLCs. Use your binders as a place to collect evidence that a new strategy is or is not working.

These can be an important part of helping students set and reach goals. Charting growth can give students the visual they need to see how they are progressing.

These data tracking sheets might also be useful for special education teachers looking to track IEP goals.

Notes about these student data tracking pages:

Student Mission Statements Have students begin the year by writing their own mission statements. Use the first form to help students make notes and form their ideas. They can then create a poem like mission statement by transferring their ideas to the outline form.

Long Term Goal Setting- Reading Use our graphs for student goal setting. Pick the system you use and copy one for each student. Students color in the bar graph to show their current level.

During a reading conference, set a goal with students for the following month. Mark the goal with a colored line. At the end of each month, have students update their goal sheet with the current level.

100s Chart: This form can be used for math facts or Fry words.

After taking a 100 problem timed test, students can color the number of problems they answered correctly. The following month they can choose a different color to color in their new total.

The same can be done with a list of 100 Fry Words.

RTI Forms: You will find forms that are designed to help you plan and track interventions in the classroom.

Reflection Forms: These include simple forms with faces to color in for younger students and more in depth forms that involve more writing for older students.

Ideas for Dividing up your Binders

Use dividers with tabs to create sections in your binder.

Some sections you might include could be:

Goal setting

Student work samples

Teacher observations

Progress monitoring

RTI documenation

Notes

For this collection, we are providing the PowerPoint and PDF versions so you may edit as needed. Download here:

We have a commercial use license for KG Fonts but you will need the following fonts downloaded on your computer if you plan on editing the PowerPoint version: Janda Closer to Free and KG Primary Penmanship.

Add colorful binder covers to your data binders with these: Editable Binder Covers.

You will find conferencing forms, running record forms and other reading workshop materials here: Editable Reading Management Binder.

You might choose to include calendar pages to document growth. Different versions are available here: Printable Calendar Pages.

You will find Fry Word checklists for monitoring student Fry Word progress here: Fry Word Checklists.

We have also created Fry Boxes for students to self assess their Fry Word knowledge. These can be found here: Fry Word Checks.

If your state still uses Common Core, you may also add our "I Can" Checkboxes to data folders: Everything "I Can" Common Core.

You will find our additional teacher binder materials here:

As with all of our resources, The Curriculum Corner creates these for free classroom use. Our products may not be sold. You may print and copy for your personal classroom use. These are also great for home school families!

You may not modify and resell in any form. Please let us know if you have any questions.

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Student data tracking is becoming a more important part of the classroom. Use this free collection of binder pages to make data easier to manage.

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I teach reading intervention so I don't have much flexibility to allow for a lot of student agency in terms of choosing what they read or study about or how they show understanding. However I can incorporate student agency with involving them in goal setting and self monitoring. I found this resource to be a good one for helping them determine what they need to work on.

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Helping Students to Create Independent Reading Goals — THE CLASSROOM NOOK

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Here's a great resource for setting SMART goals with students.

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Students set SMART goals for the coming school year and identify action items they can complete to achieve them.

Task

Did you know that the simple act of writing down your goals makes it more likely you will achieve them? But you also need to write goals you can measure and attain, as well as identify specific steps you can take to reach them.

In this lesson, students will think about personal and academic goals for the school year. They will learn to write these as SMART goals and identify actionable tasks they can complete take to achieve them.

Engage

Many students arrive in our classrooms lacking confidence in their academic abilities and their power to take action to improve. Teaching students to set personal goals begins with teaching them to believe in themselves.

Kick off student's work setting goals with this fun message from Kid President.

Further inspire student by sharing how others have overcome obstacles and achieved their goals. You can find lots of inspiration stories from books for different ages in the Chicken Soup for the Soul series.

If you think students need a bit more prior knowledge, read a story about goal setting like Pogo Pig Learns About Goal Setting or Success Kids: Goal Setting: Roger's New Bike.

To help students begin their work from a place of confidence and success, have them reflect on things they have already accomplished. For example, they likely entered a new grade, outgrew their clothes, went new places, and have new likes and interests.

If students are having trouble determining past accomplishments, work as a class to identify things they learned in previous grades. This could be academic, but it could also be a new style of art they created, music they performed, sports and games they played, or experiences from field trips.

Create

After students have identified individual accomplishments and skills they already have, ask them to think about things they still need to work on. Have students create a list of academic and personal goals they would like to achieve this school year.

While research shows that just writing down your goals can help you achieve them, there is more to do than just writing a list. In order for students to be able to take pride in their effort and accomplishments, teach students how to set goals they can attain and that reaching goals requires action.

Writing SMART goals can help. SMART goals are:

Specific
Students need to clarify the who, what, when, and where of their goal. Have a discussion about using words that are specific vs. those that are ambiguous, or subject to interpretation.

Measurable
Students need to be able to know when they have reached their goal or if they are making progress toward it. Have a discussion about quantitative vs. qualitative measurement.

Attainable/Actionable
Students need to be realistic about what they can achieve this school year with the time and resources they have available. While "going to college" is a worthy goal, this is far into the future for most students. Work with students to help them understand that goals must also be things students can take action on now.

Relevant
Students should be able to explain the personal and academic benefits. Talk with them about qualities that make a goal worthwhile.

Timely
Students need to be able to achieve the goal by the end of the school year. As students are writing have them share their goals with a single peer to help them see if a single school year is a deadline that makes sense for this goal.

Work with your students to transform at least one of the items in their list into a SMART goal. Write a SMART goal for something you would like to accomplish this school year. Keep your drafts so your students can see the difference between a goal and a SMART goal.

You can find a great example of the difference between a goal and a SMART goal in this blog post.

While students can write their goals on paper, writing effective SMART goals usually takes a few revisions. Since revising is much easier and neater when done on the computer, so use a word processing program to facilitate this necessary editing.

If students use cloud-based tools like Google Documents or Wixie, have them record their goals in these programs. This way they are in their accounts collected with the rest of their work this school year.

If students have a portfolio they use to demonstrate growth and progress, add these goals to it. Students can easily add a goals document to the other projects and files in their Wixie portfolios.

Share

Have students present their goals to the rest of the class along with the ideas they have for achieving them. This sets up the expectation that everyone has a goal and it is everyone's responsibility to help each classmate reach their individual goals and complete the necessary steps and practice to get there. At this time, students can also share additional ideas they have for steps students can take to reach their goals.

Print three copies of each student's goals. Students should keep one in their desk or binder to remind them of their goals and the steps they want to take to reach them. They should give one copy to you as a critical friend who will help remind them of their goals and the steps they said they would take to reach them. Students should also take one copy home to share with their families and support systems.

Assessment

You can get a sense of a student's prior experience with resolutions and goals from your initial conversations about goal setting. Most students struggle with setting goals that are realistic, timely, and attainable, so working on SMART goals can you help identify the obstacles to effective goals setting for each student.

While we usually define success in terms of achieving goals, you should also evaluate student's growth and ability in writing effective goals and identifying steps they can take to achieve these goals. They also need to do the hard work and practice necessary to achieve them. To help them along the way, be sure students write actionable goals and help them measure their progress, not just their achievement!

Resources

Bryan Sommer and Lindsay Nahmiache. Pogo Pig Learns About Goal Setting. ISBN: 1500312193

Roger Bush. Success Kids: Goal Setting: Roger's New Bike. ISBN: 1493625543

Scholastic: 5 Tips for Teaching Kids How to Set Goals

Parents Magazine: How to Teach Kids Perseverance and Goal-Setting

Standards

ISTE NETS for Students 2016:

1. Empowered Learner
Students leverage technology to take an active role in choosing, achieving and demonstrating competency in their learning goals, informed by the learning sciences. Students:

a. articulate and set personal learning goals, develop strategies leveraging technology to achieve them and reflect on the learning process itself to improve learning outcomes.

What can your students create?

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I find that I struggle to transfer a lot of what I learn about to my classroom-elementary music. Typically, I see my students twice a week and struggle to fit everything in, but on the flipside, by adding in things like goal setting, it could lead to more efficient and deeper learning, which is a huge plus. This is something that I would like to try as we come back from winter break with one grade level as a motivator.

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Goal-setting activities for the beginning of a new term, semester or year is a great way to have students focus on their learning.

What activities have you planned for that crucial first lesson of the year/semester/term?

Yes, I know we all have to go through procedures and expectations. I call this "the housekeeping," and I try not to make this too long and tedious. Some of the ways I have covered this in the past are:

1. Have the expectations/rules displayed in the classroom on posters and talk to them.

2. Have a discussion which leads the students to create the class rules themselves. This way, they have greater ownership of them.

3. Create a 'class expectations contract' from the discussion with the students. Print off a copy for each student, have them sign and date it and place it in the front of their workbooks.

The activities you choose to do will ultimately depend on your class, i.e. age group, general music class, orchestra/band class or a chorus/vocals class, etc.

Whatever else you choose to do, I believe it is essential to include a goal-setting activity in the first 1-2 lessons.

The Importance of Setting Goals in the Classroom

Setting goals is an essential component of students' motivation, self-regulation, and achievement in the classroom.

Goals give students a path to follow.

Allowing students to set their own goals can significantly improve how motivated they are to learn. Too often, we set goals for our students without carefully considering what they want to achieve. Allowing them to develop their own goals gives them something they are personally invested in to concentrate on and work towards. The goals have personal meaning to them.

Here are four things students learn from setting their own goals in the classroom:

1. Hard work - Most students have little impetus to work towards the goals others set for them. However, when they choose their destinations and plan out their journeys, they are far more likely to put in greater effort to achieve their goals.

2. Self-motivation - As students continue to learn and grow, being able to motivate themselves will be a significant asset. Practising goal-setting now can help them learn how to achieve this self-motivation.

3. Greater self-satisfaction -It feels good to achieve a goal, especially if it is a goal that you've set for yourself and you've worked hard to achieve. Once students learn how it feels to achieve a goal, they are much more likely to strive for that feeling again.

4. More self-confidence - Students haven't only proved to you that they could reach their goals, they've proved it to themselves. They are starting to learn that they are capable of controlling their destiny, i.e. if they set a goal and plan for it, it is achievable. This taste of achievement will help even the most timid student build self-confidence.

How I do this in my classroom...........

1. Begin the lesson with a brief discussion about goals to give students some ideas that will act as a springboard for them to establish their own goals.

Project the following three questions onto the board to get the discussion started:

1. Name two goals?

2. List 2-3 steps you will need to take to achieve them?

3. What are some goals you might have for music class this year?

Keep the discussion snappy - don't let it drag on!

2. At an appropriate point in the discussion, change the direction to the fact that we don't always achieve the goals we set for ourselves and ask why they think this might be.

Project image #2: A goal without a plan is a wish!

So - how do we plan our goals?

3. Project image #3 and discuss SMART goals

S = Specific. Be specific. Describe WHAT you want to achieve, WHERE you will achieve it, WHY you have this goal etc.

M = Measurable. The goal must be measurable, i.e. HOW many times, HOW long, HOW often etc.

A = Achievable. The goals must be realistic and achievable if you stick to the plan.

R = Relevant. Does the goal fit your needs, i.e. a goal that will help you?

T = Timely. Give your goal a definite time period to achieve. You can set a definite day/date, i.e. by the last day of term; I will.....

4. The final step is to issue students' with the Goal Setting sheet. Students can either complete this in class or take it home and complete it for the next lesson.

Having the students write down their goal/s and how they plan to achieve them takes the goal/s out of the students' heads and makes them REAL!

Place the completed page in the front of their class workbook.

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Goal-setting activities for the beginning of a new term, semester or year is a great way to have students focus on their learning. What activities have you planned for that crucial first lesson of the year/semester/term? Yes, I know we all have to go through procedures and expectations.

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This was a great instructional video to explain SMART goals. I used it at the High School level.

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Setting SMART Goals - How To Properly Set a Goal (animated)

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High Schoolers sometimes feel that their goals have to be lofty and forget that setting goals on simple tasks can go a low way towards meeting larger goals. This is a video that helps motivate students on setting manageable goals.

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Navy Seal William McRaven: If You Want To Change The World, Make Your Bed!

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I find that conferencing with students has been a great help. I choose 2 or 3 students to conference with and we talk about what they are doing great in and what they need help with. We set the goals together, I had them to my goal board, and they write them down in their journals. At the end of the week, I have them reflect on their goal. Did they meet the goal? What was hard about attaining the goal? How can I help them with that specific goal? It is a great conversation and one that my students have a lot of buy in for.

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I am still struggling with create or what tool would work best for Kindergartners? I have seen some amazing and creative ideas but how do I incorporate some of these ideas with my little learners?

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What I found to be most helpful from the resources I explored was 1) With student agency we're trying to achieve students who know their own strengths, learning gaps, own next steps, and how to get there.  We need them to buy in to their learning, especially in these uncertain times when academic content may be delivered in a variety of ways that differ than how it has traditionally looked.   2)With goal setting, I always had thought of it as learning something new or correcting errors a student was continuously making.  However one of the videos gave the idea that students can set goals to: complete work in a specific time period, complete or learn a certain content or amount of work, OR to reduce certain errors in their work.    So as long as the student is increasing their motivation with a short term goal that is measurable and attainable, we want to give them lots of different types of opportunities for goal setting.

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Before exploring these resources, I thought goal setting would be limited to just academic pursuits, but I appreciate that the goals can be social or behavioral as well. I teach band, so I am hoping I can incorporate these kinds of goal setting for our musical (academic) goals as well as our collaborative/cooperative behavior goals that help us to work in an atmosphere of respect. I think incorporating the action plans and benchmarks/check-ins are an important part of accountability and working toward achieving their goals in a tangible way.

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I like the focus on goal setting for students, particularly because it gives them ownership in their own learning. If students are encouraged to set their own goals rather than follow goals that have been set for them, they will be more motivated toward reaching them. They will be more engaged in their learning because they are accountable to meeting their own goals.

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K-5th Goal Setting with Super Improver Wall

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K-5th Goal Setting with Super Improver Wall

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When I moved up from 2nd to 3rd grade I started a Super Improver Wall and for 3 years it has been amazing!  My 3rd graders picked a friendship, behavior, virtue, or academic goal to focus on for 1-2 weeks or until they improved.  They then put the goal on the post it on their desk.  1-2 times a day we do a class checkin and it was mind blowing how helpful classmates were and feedback they gave each other.  It made us into an open, caring, and non judgmental community.  Sometimes students would say 'Not really" when I asked if they were improving and their classmates would disagree with them and share ways they saw improvment.  If they said they were improving classmates would give them examples of where they could have done better.  My 3rd graders loved it so much that a couple 4th grade teachers have started using it.  Here are some free materials for a wall. https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Whole-Brain-Teaching-Super-Improvers-Cards-1955452

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I'm still unclear on what data to have third graders chart on a graph where they are comparing "apples to apples" versus "apples to oranges."

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When Goal Setting with my ELL students I have found it beneficial to use the WIDA Can Do Descriptors to help them set their goals in each of the four language domains.
https://wida.wisc.edu/teach/can-do/descriptors
By using the Can Do Descriptors students understand what they are expected to do based on their testing data and also what they need to do in order to move to the next level of proficiency. This goal setting tool is data driven, measurable, timely, and attainable which meets the criteria of being SMART goals. The link brings you to a page that will break down what students are expected to do at each grade and in each language domain based on how they scored.

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This video popped up after the first one (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGI4D4Ji-IQ) and I thought it had a lot of usable ideas for the classroom.

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I love the idea of multiple weekly goals, including a friendship goal. I also enjoyed hearing about a weekly tracker to help students self-regulate and reflect, which is something I would like to incorporate in my class. One question that I had while reading the articles and watching the videos was, how can I efficiently create a visual tracker for student goals in a kindergarten classroom? Any ideas would be helpful.

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I have done goal setting with students in regards to grades. Has anyone done any smart goals with leadership? I have high school kids.  Thanks! (grove)
I found this site that has information and worksheets that you can use in class.
https://positivepsychology.com/goal-setting-students-kids/

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The most valuable resource I found in this module was the article about having students track their own progress. This is something I have done in the past, but not consistently. I currently have my reading intervention groups set goals for themselves, but we do not spend enough time tracking our progress. I think my students, who often are not as motivated as their peers, would find this aspect of goal setting especially motivating. The links on the Google Slideshow will be especially helpful for setting "SMART"er goals and data tracking.

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Setting Smart Goals for Character Development

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Setting Smart Goals for Character Development

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Character traits like self-discipline, courage, and perseverance help students to reach high expectations.  This Edutopia blog explores bolstering rigor with character development.

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In Kindergarten students are beginning to write stories. After a few weeks of practice, students review past work and evaluate what they need to focus on to make the writing easy for the reader. For example, the class will generate 4 things that make their writing easy for the reader into a chart. Then the students will review their work and write their name on a stickey note and place their name on a category that they need to concentrate on for the next writing assignment. When they are finished they will read their work to another student who was working on the same goal and they see if there were able to complete their goal for that assignment.

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I think this is such a great tool to teach students to learn accountability! So many students lack this skill and it is so necessary to succeed in beyond school!

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After viewing the articles and videos, I would like to have my students set goals and monitor their progress. Currently, I share data with the students in my intervention groups, but I think they would benefit from seeing the data visually and being able to track their progress. I also think that the students will be motivated by setting goals related to the data.

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After reading and watching information on goal setting I would like for my students to take a more active role monitoring their improvement in my math classes.  I would like for each student to set a personal goal and store it in their class folder that already exists. Students can create their goal at the start of each unit and see their progress at the end. These goals could be unit specific or could be specific towards their work ethic in math class or school in general.

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http://www.coloradoedinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/GS-3-5-model.pdf
This pdf is really helpful because it has a quick review of the process of setting and reflecting on SMART goals in the classroom and also includes a generic goal setting organizer that can be used with students or modified to meet specific needs in the classroom.

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https://www.teachhub.com/classroom-management-boost-learning-goal-setting

This article broke down each step of setting goals with students.  It is so basic that it could be used as an informative reading piece for students.  Sharing our own research with students can be a powerful way for students to understand why we find a particular activity meaningful for our students. I believe the sections that describe making a plan and creating a tracking system are key as the help students to think about what positives may assist in reaching their goals and what obstacles may stand in the way--these will be different for each student.

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https://creativeeducator.tech4learning.com/2017/lessons/set-SMART-goals
This info-packed article shares what you need to know to help students understand SMART goals. Students could even take the info from this article and create a product to serve as a reference for their class when creating their own SMART goals. Giving students the choice of a personal and/or school goal increases ownership.

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I really liked this Blog Post: https://www.mathgiraffe.com/blog/goal-setting-for-students on goal setting and the sheet that they used to do the goal setting. I found it to be fun and interesting and it can be used with many different aspects of learning. I liked the cartoon-type aspect of it and the way it was set up. The article also gave ideas for how to do the goal setting with students and ideas on how to extend goal setting in other areas.

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I really liked this Blog Post about how one teacher using post it notes to organize her goal setting chart and a data wall in her classroom.  I think by using post-its on the goal setting chart, goals can change for individual students at different times.  I think it would also be neat to keep the previous goals and look at all the achieved goals at the end of the year.  I also like the idea of class goals, and the data wall can highlight the strengths and needs of the class a whole!

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Yup, I love Post-it notes! I don't think a day goes by in the office when I don't write on one. Since S&S now carries office supplies like my beloved post-its, I've been researching how our customers use them in more non-traditional ways. I've found some pretty cool ideas that teachers are using in their classroom and wanted to share.

Goal Setting - This 4th grade teacher on 4th Grade Literacy Lovers, Megan Skogstad, uses post it notes to remind children of their goals upon entering the classroom. I love that her method to this has progressed them into writing more meaningful goals, and that it has helped remind her of her goals as well. Making the bulletin board fun just adds to the excitement.

Data Wall - What an awesome way to encourage students to focus on their studies. This data wall on Elementary Literary Resources is a great idea in itself and the post-it notes allow the teacher to highlight and praise students that stood out or worked hard to help get the class average up.

DIY Lesson Plan Book - Victoria over at The Wise & Witty Teacher is just as in love with post-its as I am. She has created this amazing lesson plan book using a spiral notebook and her trusty and colorful post-its.

Math Journals - On Runde's Room, this teacher uses post-its in her math journal to teach her 5th graders about rotational symmetry.

Here are some other great ideas from the Post-it® website.

How do you use Post-it notes in your classroom?

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4 Really Cool Ways Teachers Use Post-it Notes in the Classroom

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Yup, I love Post-it notes! I don't think a day goes by in the office when I don't write on one. Since S&S now carries office supplies like my beloved post-its, I've been researching how our customers use them in more non-traditional ways.

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As a first grade teacher, I use goal setting in writing for students to know what their strengths are and to know their area of need and what steps they need to take to make that area stronger.  I set up a chart with "I Can" statements for each unit of study, some are for mechanics and some for craft (I can use a punctuation mark at the end of my sentences, I can give at least 2 reasons to support my opinion, etc).  I provide students with a post-it for them to write their name on and add it to the statement he/she needs to work on.  We then write, share and evaluate if goal has been met.  Being first graders, I, as well with the help of the other students, help determine if goals have been met.  I have found that students love to set goals, work hard at it and be able to remove their name to show they have met their goal.  Having the chart and the post-its are extremely motivating!

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After viewing the resources in this course and a course on questioning strategies. I'd like to put more emphasis on student agency and have my children tracking their progress in reading. This could be done through status of the class, where I track their reading. In the resources I viewed, many of the high school students were very invested in their books of choice and proud of how much they read in a semester. I'd like my 5th graders to set goals and be invested in them, so that I could see the progress on their goals and provide intrinsic motivation for them.

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As a 6th grade LA Teacher, I have found it beneficial for the kids to have a checklist with success criteria to use as they are writing a project or completing an essay. Projects and essays have multiple steps and can become overwhelming for students, especially ones that need more support with their executive functioning skills. Checklists with the steps broken down helps the students monitor their progress and self evaluate.

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As a school counselor, I have found Naviance to be a great resource for setting goals.  There are a series of questions that help ensure that student goals are in fact SMART goals. The computerized system allows students to review their goal at any time.

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I found a good resource on ThePhysicalEducator.com for Fitness Testing goal setting.  The website has charts to help students record data, write goals, and create an action plan.

https://thephysicaleducator.com/2013/05/28/s-m-a-r-t-goals-fitness-unit/

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I use this with my students to monitor and track their reading fluency. The students fill it out and keep it in their desks, so they are able to see their growth. I've found that they really love seeing how much they've increased and work hard to grow!

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I like this goal setting sheet because it focuses on both what they are going to work on and how.

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I still like using paper and pencil tests but I have started to use different types of assessments (projects mostly) to assess knowledge. I already use lab conclusions to check students progress in the writing aspect. Using projects I let students pick how they present their material. Usually I point them to visually explaining content or using something with technology

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I really like the idea of students monitoring themselves and creating graphics to show their progress. Students often don't believe they are making progress no matter how much teachers may have told them. Allowing students to see the data for themselves makes a huge difference and verifies the information for them.

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After reading some of the articles and watching videos, I am going to start setting class goals and having students set individual goals. I see the class goal being visual within the classroom and the student goals being personal in a folder or binder. I want something they can easily access, but also is private to them too. I am going to search some of the recommended blogs to find examples of tracking templates to use.

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I run an after school grade support group for students that are in danger of failing and need to tutoring to help bring up their grades. Instead of just coming to group weekly and finding something to do, students look at grades with their tutor then set a daily and monthly goal. This is the 1st 15 minutes of each meeting.

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Before reading and watching these videos, I believed that the idea of having students write goals for themselves was restricted to academic goals. I find it to be more applicable and easier to implement when the goals can be social, behavioral, or academic.

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By encouraging students to take initiative, you enhance their cognitive ability to take control, increase motivation, and ensure students respond to their activities.

I keep coming back to this idea and how struggling students tend to be passive learners. I have found in our blended classes, struggling students level of engagement is increasing.

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I'm going to start with independent reading as my 1st area to focus on this year. I'm not a fan of at home reading logs, but I noticed that some parents weren't completely comfortable without one. I'm hoping that this Ind Reading Weekly Goal Setting bridges that need. Feedback is welcome! I will update it as needed to meet my 3rd graders' needs

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Here is a link to a great blog about student goal setting and progress monitoring that includes free templates and resources for a data binder. Simple wins for the younger kids!

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Managing data folders in the primary classroom doesn't have to take a lot of time. In this post I'll share some management tips plus how I've learned to use student data folders effectively to guide my instruction, but most of all, give my students a voice in their learning. Learn how to implement this valuable tool and pretty much make it manage itself. I've even included a free data folder classroom kit at the end of this post to get you started.

Teach Students to Understand Their Data

Explicitly teach students to monitor their progress and how to interpret their data. Make up a few sample graphs and project them to discuss. Ask students what they can determine about the example student's progress. Guide students, through questioning, to be able to determine their strengths and what they need to work on. Discuss setting learning goals and possible ways to accomplish their goals.

Set Learning Goals

Once students understand what their data is showing them and how they can use it, teach them to set realistic and achievable learning goals. By setting goals, students can see what they have accomplished and what they are capable of. With your guidance, they can work toward successfully meeting objectives in a systematic way.

Make Your Data Folders Meaningful

Feedback from you makes the data folders more meaningful. Meet with students briefly to conference one on one or during small group times to guide them in setting their goals. The subject or activity you are collecting data on will determine how often you meet and set new goals with students. For example, if my students are tracking their Accelerated Reader (AR) levels and points, I would help them set a goal at the start of each 9 weeks. I briefly check in with several students each day to conference during our AR time. Tracking reading fluency would happen weekly or bi-weekly with conferencing during guided reading groups.

Feedback From You Is Key

Have a "coaching conversation" where you listen to students' insights and interpretations. Give feedback that guides them in where they need to be and how they can get there. Encourage students to set small, incremental goals that are achievable. Setting clearly defined, realistic goals that include a plan for how to accomplish them, gives students a sense of pride and satisfaction in their accomplishments as well as motivation to achieve.

Set Up A Quick and Easy Routine

It's important to find a routine that works for your class or you just won't do it. Recording their data doesn't need to take students a lot of time. Once they are familiar with the routine, it can be done in under 5 minutes without taking up your instructional time.

Keep data folders handy for students, rather than passing them out. I have students record math facts and weekly spelling as I pass back their graded tests. Teach students the format you want them to use for writing in the category- date, week 1, week 2, by standard, by concept etc. or provide graphs with the categories included.

I copy everything I use at the start of each quarter or even a year's worth before I leave for the summer.

If you use data folders or are considering implementing them in your classroom, I've put together this free classroom kit to get you started.

This classroom kit has 4 different folder labels, 10 different graphs with scales in increments of 5 and 10. Differentiate easily with these graphs that go to 80, 100, and 200. Titled and untitled graphs are also included. This file is NOT editable, however, I've also included blank versions for you to write the title at the top of the graphs.

Subscribe to our newsletter and get instant access to this free Data Folder Classroom Kit. Make it easy to implement or update your use of data folders with folder labels, several versions of titled and untitled graphs, plus discussion questions to guide your conferencing and help your students in setting their goals.

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Managing Data Folders in the Primary Classroom - Around the Kampfire

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Math Unit Assessment Goal/Progress Sheet

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Math Unit Assessment Goal/Progress Sheet

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This sample is used for Unit Assessments.  Students not only can look at their data, but also set goals for the standards.  Students put these in their data folders and bring them out before Quarterly Benchmark Assessments or when the standards come back again!
Check it out!
(credit: Mike Lepeonka, Parkway Elementary)

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