Do your students struggle to set meaningful goals or stay motivated to follow through on them? This Goal Setting SEL Unit gives you everything you need to build a classroom where students learn to set goals, track their progress, and reflect on the impact of perseverance and self-discipline — perfect for morning meetings, New Year's, or the beginning of the school year.
NOTE: This character education unit is also included in the SEL Morning Meeting Bundle 2 with four additional themes.
Through analyzing social scenarios in suggested read alouds, reflecting and journaling with goal setting-focused prompts, and participating in goal setting and achievement activities, students will develop the planning skills, self-discipline, and ownership needed to set meaningful goals and celebrate their own growth and success.
WHY TEACHERS LOVE THIS UNIT
- 20 Days of Ready-to-Use Lessons – Print-and-go lesson plans with suggested read-alouds, discussion questions, 16 goal setting and achievement activities, extension ideas, and linked online resources.
- Flexible for Any Setting – Works for morning meetings, character education programs, counselor lessons, or sub plans.
- Standards-Aligned SEL – Integrates goal setting and self-discipline directly into ELA skills and common themes in literature, maximizing every minute of your SEL or morning meeting time.
- Printable & Digital – Google Slides for teachers and students included.
WHAT'S INCLUDED IN YOUR GOAL SETTING SEL UNIT (Scroll through the preview to see more!)
✨ 20 Days of Printable & Editable Lesson Plans — includes suggested read alouds, discussion questions, goal setting activities, extension ideas, and linked online resources
✨ Social Emotional Learning Journals — goal setting-related discussion prompts, self-reflection and goal setting exercises, and social emotional learning worksheets to deepen students' understanding of goal setting and achievement, with activities like SMART Goals Planner, The One Thing Challenge, One Step at a Time Action Tracker, Student Data Tracker Weekly Reflection Logs, and more!
✨ Goal Setting Bulletin Board Materials that include important vocabulary like goal, resolution, habits, accomplish, strategic, and resilience and inspirational quotations for a visual reminder of your goal setting and achievement lessons
✨ SEL Morning Meeting Google Slides — Teacher and student versions to implement this unit digitally or use as visual prompts and discussion starters on your interactive whiteboard
Watch your students become motivated, goal-oriented individuals who take pride in setting and achieving their own goals. Grab this set and start building a classroom where students confidently track their progress, celebrate their successes, and take ownership of their growth!
WHAT TEACHERS ARE SAYING
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "This is a wonderful resource! I was having trouble keeping all the student goals organized. Using this resource has made the student responsible for keeping track. More student ownership is a beautiful thing!!"
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "This resource was a breeze to prepare — clear directions and ready-to-use materials meant I could print and implement it in minutes with practically zero prep time. Such a time-saver for busy teachers!"
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Planning for morning meetings just got a whole lot easier! Very engaging!"
SAVE WITH A MINI-BUNDLE OR THE MEGA BUNDLE OF ALL TOPICS
SEL Morning Meeting Bundle Set 1: Perseverance, Kindness, Belonging, Empathy & Compassion, and Conflict Resolution
SEL Morning Meeting Bundle Set 2: Gratitude, Happiness, Integrity, Goal Setting, & Individuality
SEL Morning Meeting Bundle Set 3: Courage, Intrinsic Motivation, Responsibility, Friendship & Managing Emotions
If you're looking for a year-long social emotional learning curriculum that is perfect for morning meetings, classroom community building, counselor lessons, or sub plans, click here to save 40% on the all themes bundle of 16 social emotional learning units. Each unit is set up similarly with the same components for easy implementation!
YOU WILL RECEIVE A ZIPPED FILE CONTAINING:
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PDF of guided lesson plans and student activity journal; within this PDF, you'll find a link to two Google Slides:
- Teacher Presentation Google Slides
- Student Notebook Google Slides
- PDF of bulletin board materials with vocabulary and quotation posters
Copyright © Tammy Roose, Tarheelstate Teacher.
The purchase of this resource gives the buyer permission to download and copy for single classroom use only. Electronic distribution is also limited to single classroom use. Copying for other teachers, school-wide use, or school systems is only allowed with the purchase of additional licenses.
