Grades 2–5
Goal Check-In: How Am I Doing?
Rate how you are doing on your goal for six questions, from following your plan to asking for help, then plan next week.
SEL worksheet · Goal setting
Wish, Outcome, Obstacle, Plan
Plan a goal four ways: your wish, the best outcome, the obstacle inside you that could get in the way and a plan to beat it.
- Grade level
- Grades 3–5
- Time
- About 25 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:
- Researchers found that goals work better when you picture the obstacle, the thing inside you that could get in the way, and make a plan for it. Try these four steps.
- W · Wish: What is something I really want to do?
- O · Outcome: What is the best thing that will happen when I do it?
- O · Obstacle: What inside me might get in the way? (Tired? Distracted? Nervous?)
- P · Plan: If my obstacle shows up, then I will…
Teacher tip
Model it with your own wish first. The inner obstacle step is the key part.
How to use it
- Check in on goals every Friday for a few minutes.
- Let kids choose a school, home or fun goal.
- Read scenarios aloud for younger kids and let them answer with a drawing.
Watch for
Goals that are too big or too vague. Help kids make them specific.
Talk about it
- How will you know you reached your goal?
- How might someone else see it differently?
Take it further
Hold a goal celebration when kids reach theirs.
US Letter, prints well in black and white. Free for home and classroom use: print as many copies as you need.
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