Goal Setting Worksheet for Students PDF
Students love to set goals and it can help them succeed in school. Pointing your students towards a future and helping them achieve their dreams helps motivate them in many ways. We love to see our students succeed! This goal setting worksheet for students PDF is a FREE download that you can access at the bottom of the post.
For students, learning to set and track goals at school is a great skill that can help kids later in life. Students at all levels benefit greatly from goal setting. Young elementary through college students can set goals to help them make better choices in their lives. By helping kids learn how to plan for the future it helps them be more successful.
How to Use the Goal Setting Worksheet for Students PDF
You can download it for FREE at the bottom of the post then follow the directions below:
- Sign up for the Your Therapy Source newsletter to download the packet.
- Print the Goal Setting Worksheet depending on the handwriting abilities of the students (regular lined, wide lines, dotted lines, or list format).
- The students can brainstorm, draw and write their goals for this school year.
If the children are stuck on coming with ideas ask open ended questions:
1. Do you want to work on skills for the classroom?
2. Do you want to work on skills on the playground?
3. Do you want to do more without the help of an adult?
Then once they answer those questions if they are still stumped offer different skill suggestions.
Skills Addressed with this Packet
This goal setting worksheet for students PDF encourages students to work on:
- goal setting for kids
- goal planning
- handwriting
- self-confidence
Research tells us that when it comes to performance of a specific skill, the data has consistently indicated that setting performance, specific, realistic, challenging, and difficult goals does have a more beneficial effect than setting no goals, routine goals, easy goals, or “do your best” goals. So challenge your students to set specific goals if they are able.
How Can You Help Even More with Goal Setting for Kids?
Students can be empowered by learning how to set and achieve goals. This goal setting for students PDF uses the STAR method to help students identify what is important to them to begin setting and reaching educational and personal goals.
More Resources to Help with Goal Setting
- Goal Setting for Students PDF – Reach for the Stars
- How to Write IEP Goals Workbook
- My Goal Tracker – Student Generated Data Collection
- New Year Resolution Worksheet FREE PDF Packet
Download your FREE Goal Setting Worksheet for Students PDF
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