Grades 2–5
Short-Term or Long-Term Goal?
Circle short-term (days or weeks) or long-term (months or years) for ten goals, then write one of each.
SEL worksheet · Goal setting
Weekly Goal Tracker
Pick one goal for the week, check off each day you work on it and look back on Friday.
- Grade level
- Grades 2–5
- Time
- About 10 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:
- My goal this week:
- Why it matters to me:
- On Friday: how did I do?
- Next week I will…
Words on this sheet
DayMondaynot todayTuesdayFridaySundayNot yetA littleGoodGreat
Teacher tip
Look back together on Friday and celebrate any progress.
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.
- Let kids choose to share or keep their answers private. Both are fine.
Watch for
Goals that are too big or too vague. Help kids make them specific.
Talk about it
- What might get in the way, and what will you do then?
- 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
Grades 2–4
Big Goal, Little Steps
Put the little steps for two big goals, learning to swim and growing a sunflower, in order, then plan your own first step.
Grades 3–5
Helps or Gets in the Way?
Kai wants to read 20 minutes every night. Sort twelve things into what helps his goal and what gets in the way.
Grades 3–5
Goal-Setting Words
Fill in six goal words, plan, progress, obstacle, deadline, motivation and celebrate, then describe a goal with them.
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