Goal Setting
These websites are about setting goals. There is information on setting personal, academic, and financial goals. Learn the difference between short and long term goals, and how to set SMART goals for the best chance of success.
Grades
- 7
Links
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Help Students Set Goals
This site for teachers has information and resources, including printable worksheets, to help students learn about setting goals and monitoring their progress.
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Reaching Your Goals
This article by a college student contains helpful information on how to set and achieve specific goals.
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Dreams vs. Goals
Learn about why it is important to have a plan set for your goals to make dreams a reality. NOTE: This page links to a blog.
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Culture Lesson Plan: The Concept of Time in American Society
Students can learn about time management, being on time, and goal setting in this lesson plan. They can then plan a week's activities and make short-term and long-term goals to show what they have learned.
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PBS: Time Management
Learn the difference between "Have-To's" and "Want-To's" and how they relate to goals on this webpage. Follow the link at the bottom to read more about budgeting and time management.
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PBS: Money Goals
Find out how to set savings goals on this site. Explore the links on the right to learn more.
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Why Set Goals?
Here is a short article about the process of setting goals in various aspects of life. NOTE: This site contains ads.
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Setting Goals Effectively
This page has tips on how to set goals effectively to maximize success. NOTE: This site contains ads.
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A Student's To Do List
Here is a short article for students about how to set SMART goals. NOTE: This site includes product ads.
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Planning and Decision Making
Students can learn about financial goals and decision making with this lesson plan. Includes worksheets.
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Attitude is Everything
This two page PDF file asks what you would do if you knew you couldn't fail, and defines all the terms in the SMART acronym, with examples.
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Lesson Plan: Setting Goals for Success
Students can learn to set SMART goals and express them in writing with this lesson plan.
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Goal Setting
Learn what FRAME and SMART mean when setting goals and other tips for achieving success.
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Setting and Achieving Goals
There are activities and discussion questions for teaching students about goal setting.
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Goal Setting
A five-page pdf is a lesson plan for teaching students to identify career goals and create action plans.
