Silent Launch Expectations This activity should be… Silent Independent Work until I say stop Be ready to share your answersExpectations This activity should be… Silent Independent Work until I say stop Be ready to share your answers On a notecard (on the lined side) answer the following: 1. What is a goal? 2. Why are goals important? 3. Give an example when you set a goal for yourself.

Goal Setting in Tutorial

Content/Language Objective Today I will… Create a written weekly goal for myself and an SMI growth goal for myself by listening to a PowerPoint on goal setting and writing my goals in a complete sentence.

What is a weekly goal? A weekly goal is something that you are going to work on for the entire week in tutorial. Good weekly goals are… o Specific to an ACTION o Measurable o Connected to something I need to work on Let’s create a weekly goal for this week ( on the back of your notecard ) using this sentence starter: This week I commit to _______________.

What is SMI? Do you remember that test you took on the computer in the beginning of the year? That was the SMI (Scholastic Math Inventory) It assesses what level of math you are currently at. Let’s look at your scores and put them in your Goal Tracker ! What do these scores mean? Below 2 nd Grade EM to rd Grade 400 To th Grade 500 To th Grade 700 To th Grade 800 To th Grade & Beyond More than 950

Let’s Set Goals & Action Steps We will take our next SMI in October! Let’s read our Big Hairy Audacious Goal together… What does this mean? Let’s calculate the goal for SMI #2 Let’s plot SMI #1 on our graph In order to reach our goals we need ACTION STEPS… Let’s create some on the back! SHARE OUT YOUR ACTION STEP WITH THE GROUP!

Wrap-Up Today we… Created a written weekly goal for myself and an SMI growth goal for myself by listening to a PowerPoint on goal setting and writing my goals in a complete sentence.

Exit Task Brainstorm, as a group, how we can hold each other accountable for our weekly and SMI goals… “One way we can hold each other accountable is by…”