Middle School Executive Functioning Lesson: Goal Setting, Grades 6-8

"Do better in school" is not a goal you can check. This goal setting lesson teaches the difference between a fuzzy goal and a clear one, then walks students through a four-part goal plan: one clear goal for a school task or habit, steps chosen from a strategy list, checkpoints where they stop and check how it is going, and an If-Then plan for what might get in the way.

What's inside

• 18 slides, with speaker notes on all 18
• Lesson plan, 2 pages
• Student worksheet, 2 pages
• Answer key, 1 page
• Strategy Card, 1 page: 1 card (If-Then Plan) plus 5 blank "My Own Strategy" cards
• Word wall cards, 2 pages: goal, obstacle and persistence
• Exit ticket, 1 page, two to a page

Answer key included

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