Setting our Goals

Setting our Goals

by PETA-GAYE CLARKE

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Poll

Can you identify the goal from the options below

Read the quote before selecting your answer.

• I want to get a new bike.

• I want to save up $200 towards a used iPhone by December.

• I want to study abroad.

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Poll

Is the following goal a S.M.A.R.T. goal?

 I want to raise my grades by the end of the term I will focus in class, review and submit my work on time to meet my goal.

• Yes

• No

Poll

Is the following goal a S.M.A.R.T. goal?

"I want to get all 90 on my report card."

• Yes

• No

Multiple Choice

What is a goal?

• A score in football

• A good grade

• Something I want to achieve

• A gift

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a long term goal?

• I want to get a 94% on the Spanish Test next week.

• I want to finish writing my English Essay by tonight.

• I want to become a doctor before next year.

• I want to learn how to cook three meal for breakfast by next year.

Fill in the Blank

A goal that takes 10 months is a _________ type of goal.

Multiple Choice

What type of goal is the following sentence?

I want to submit my Mathematics assignments by the end of the week.

• Long-term

• Academic

• Relevant

• Short-Term

Multiple Choice

To get good grades and get on the honor roll for grade 5 is a short-term goal.

• True

• False

Open Ended

Rewrite the short term goal to a long term goal.

" I want to raise my grades by the end of the term I will focus in class, review and submit my work on time to meet my goal."

Open Ended

Rewrite the short term goal to a long term goal.

" I want to improve my vocabulary by Grade 5. "

Poll

What does the R mean in S.M.A.R.T.?

• Real

• Realistic

• Reachable

• Related

Open Ended

What does the acronym S.M.A.R.T stands for?