Goal Setting in 5M

Our school was very happy to get back to normal after our evacuation on May 3rd.  Kids were excited to get back into routines and happy to move up to grade 5.  This is my fourth year as a CC classroom and it makes me so happy when kids come to grade 5 and already know what the program is about.


Goal setting is always an important part of the beginning of a school year.  We talked about short term and long term goals.  What I stressed were the steps that you need to take to accomplish your goal.  Another idea that we discussed is having an accountability buddy to check in with you and keep you on track.


We're also a Leader in Me school so this month we talked about being proactive.  This means 'being in charge of me'.  I hope that students realized they are the ones responsible for making their goals a reality.


I always think of Heatherle saying that goals should be visible and something that you revisit.  It doesn't do any good to make a goal then put it away until June and see if you accomplished it.  You need to keep working on it.


The kids are super excited about our athlete, Marsha Hudey!  It was so excited to see that she watched our 'welcome to our journey' video!  We look forward to a great year with CC!



Today was also our annual Terry Fox Walk.  Terry is a great example of someone who set a goal and persevered through very challenging times.  Again, I'm so happy to see how CC fits into almost any lesson that I'm teaching.

Isioma sharing her goal