12. SPECIFIC MEANS TO CLEARLY DEFINE OR IDENTIFY CLEAR DEFINE IDENTIFY PRECISE EXACT MEMORIZE MY X7 MATH FACTS LEARN HOW TO SOLVE MULTI-STEP WORD PROBLEMS INCREASE MY IXL PRACTICE FROM 10MINS/NIGHT TO 15 MNUTES/NIGHT DO BETTER IN MATH DO MORE MATH PROBLEMS WORK TO GET HIGHER SCORE ON SPRING MAP TEST THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE!

15. ABLE TO BE MEASUREDOFTEN A NUMBER CAN COUNT IT HAS A START AND AN END MEMORIZE MY X7 MATH FACTS DO 20 MINUTES OF IXL A NIGHT DO ONE “WORD PROBLEM CHALLENGE” EACH WEEK LEARN HOW TO MULTIPLY DO IXL DO MORE WORD PROBLEM CHALLENGES

18. HAVING A GOOD IDEA OF WHAT YOU CAN ACHIEVE CLOSE TO WHERE I START DIFFERENT FOR EVERYONE I CAN DO IT! 10% OF MY START RIGHT NOW I KNOW UP THROUGH MY X6 MATH FACTS – I WANT TO KNOW X7 FLUENTLY I HAVE DONE 6 “WORD PROBLEM CHALLENGES” IN THE FIRST 2 MONTHS OF SCHOOL – I WANT TO DO AT LEAST 4 EACH MONTH I WILL INCREASE MY MULT. FACT FLUENCY FROM 70% THIS PAST MONTH TO 80% THIS MONTH I WANT TO BE FLUENT IN ALL MY MULTIPLICATION FACTS THROUGH 50! I WILL DO A “WORD PROBLEM CHALLENGE” EVERY DAY! IXL 1 HOUR/NIGHT! I WILL INCREASE MY MULT. FACT FLUENCY FROM 70% LAST MONTH TO 100% THIS MONTH!

20. SO ….. Have to set a SMART Goal based on this information IDENTIFY my challenge or weakness and where I need to improve SET SPECIFIC ACTION STEPS to get there!

23. Student Action Plan: I will …….. Work to increase my knowledge and understanding of geometry to help increase from my current 203 to my Project RIT score of 209 by May 2015. BY … FIRST – Making flash cards of all geometric terms with definitions, pictures of geometric shapes and geometry formulas. NEXT – Spending 10 minutes each night going through my flash cards – Monday-Thursday THEN – Having my mom/dad/friend/sister, “quiz” me using those flash cards on the 1 st and 3 rd Sunday evening of each month.

24. Student Action Plan: I will …….. Work to increase my ability Vocabulary acquisition and use by the end of my sixth grade year BY … FIRST – Spending more time each week studying my vocabulary words - I will spend a minimum of 5 minutes a night reading through my words M, T, and Th. I will write out my vocabulary words every Wednesday night. NEXT – Using each vocabulary word at least one time during the week in a sentence for homework, journal writing or reading response. THEN – Having someone at home quiz me on my words every Thursday evening

26. THINGS TO REMEMBER.... BE REALISTIC, set small goals to start with, you can move to the bigger stuff when you get better at setting and reaching goals KEEP FEELING POSITIVE. Don't let other people put you off. CHECK YOUR TIME LINE every day and read through your goal again. BELIEVE YOU CAN DO IT KEEP ADDING MORE SMALL STEPS if it doesn't look like you're making a lot of progress. TELL SOMEONE YOU TRUST WHAT YOU ARE DOING. Talking about it will keep you feeling good and help you to work out your steps, what to learn and who can help. DON’T STRESS. Learn to relax so that you have the energy to work through the steps.