Student Goals

Goal setting can be a positive and motivating technique to use with students. However in the past I have not given the proper attention to these goals. At conferences we talk about MAP/MCA scores and our scores that we want to achieve by the end of the year. Yet, for the students this number is so hard to relate to and understand how they can be a better reader/math student/student in general. This year I wanted to do a fun twist on goal setting to make it more personal and fun for the students. We made a goal for first quarter and wrote them on the gecko lizards that make a tessolation when you put them all together. They thought this was really neat and it was an easy way to tell them that our goals are all connected and we need each other to learn (community). For the second quarter we are making Japanese Daruma Dolls. I had the students be real specific with what their goal was for the quarter, why was it important, what are they going to do to achieve this goal, and who is going to help them achieve this goal. I want to do a goal setting activity for each quarter. I was wondering if anyone had any fun ideas for goal setting projects/writing ideas?