Lesson Plan

Goal Setting Lesson Plan

Introduce 6th-grade students to goal setting, teaching them how to set realistic, achievable academic and personal goals to foster self-discipline and motivation.

Learning goal setting empowers students to create clear plans for success and builds the skills needed to navigate future challenges in both academics and life.

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Teacher Preparation

15 minutes

Step 1

Introduction (10 minutes)

10 minutes

Step 2

Interactive Activity (30 minutes)

30 minutes

Step 3

Reflection and Discussion (20 minutes)

20 minutes

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Slide Deck

Goal Setting: Your Future, Your Path

Introduce the lesson and welcome students. Highlight that today's lesson will focus on understanding and setting goals. Mention that this will help students both academically and personally.

What is a Goal?

Discuss the definition of a goal. Ask students if they can share what a personal or academic goal might look like. Connect examples from everyday life.

Why Set Goals?

Present reasons why setting goals is beneficial. Encourage students to think about how their future can improve with clear goals.

Introduce a video that connects the ideas of goal setting to staying motivated. Explain that motivation is key to achieving goals.

Steps to Set Achievable Goals

Outline the steps of setting effective goals. Walk through each step slowly and ask if anyone has tried these before.

Interactive Activity

Prompt the interactive activity using the Goal Setting Activity Worksheet. Guide them on how to discuss with peers about their goals.

Reflection & Discussion

Wrap up the lesson with reflection. Use the Reflection Guide as a basis for group discussion. Encourage sharing and discussion about the journey of goal setting.

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Worksheet

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Discussion

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Goal Setting: Your Future, Your Path

Courtenay Labson

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