Grades 2–5
My Goal Web
Write a goal in the middle of an idea web and plan it six ways: why it matters, the first step, helpers, obstacles, tracking and a celebration.
SEL worksheet · Goal setting
Make Time for My Goal
Map out your after-school week hour by hour, then find the best time for your goal and color it in.
- Grade level
- Grades 3–5
- Time
- About 20 minutes
- Topic
- Goal setting
- Answer key
- Not needed: answers vary
- Kids practice
- Goal setting, Planning, Tracking progress, Self-reflection
What kids do
Printed on the sheet:
- Minutes I need each day:
- Write what you already do after school. Then find a time for your goal and color it in.
- The best time for my goal is:
Words on this sheet
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Teacher tip
Help kids notice free time they didn’t know they had.
How to use it
- Share one of your own goals and the steps you are taking.
- Keep the first goals small enough to reach in a week.
- Keep finished sheets in an SEL folder so kids can look back on their growth.
Watch for
Goals that are too big or too vague. Help kids make them specific.
Talk about it
- What is the first small step?
- Have you ever been in a moment like this? What happened?
Take it further
Make a class goal, like reading 1,000 minutes, and track it on a big chart.
US Letter, prints well in black and white. Free for home and classroom use: print as many copies as you need.
More goal setting worksheets
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Goal or Wish?
Sort ten sentences into goals (a plan you can act on) and wishes, then turn a wish into a goal.
Grades 3–5
Make It a SMART Goal
Match the five letters of a SMART goal to their meanings, find the SMART goals and write your own.
Grades 2–5
My Goal Staircase
Write your goal at the top of the stairs and four small steps to climb there, with a helper and a finish date.
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