Academic Progress & Citizenship for Middle School: Goals & Reflections

This 26-page resource, Academic Progress and Citizenship for Middle School Students: Goals and Reflections is an excellent Back-to-School activity to guide students to set goals for their academic progress and citizenship. Perfect for 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students, this resource can be modified for high school as well. The detailed lesson plan walks students through the process of creating an action plan to identify their academic and citizenship goals. As part of this process, they will determine the strategies they need to achieve their goals, identify challenges or obstacles, they might face, and offer concrete solutions on how to overcome them. With each new grading period, students will use guiding questions to reflect on their progress and establish new goals. At the end of the year, they will reflect on their experience of goal setting for the year.

The detailed lesson plan includes directions on how to teach the concept of of SMART goals: specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and time-bound

It also contains the following:

• Objectives and Learning Targets

• My Vision for My Academic Progress

• My Vision for My Citizenship

• Academic and Citizenship Action Plans for 4 Quarters

• Reflection Questions for 4 Quarters

You might be interested in the resource, Back to School Bellringers: Self-Assessment Statements and Reflections for Middle School ELA. While teachers are taking attendance, students complete a different short survey each day for 8 days followed by a self-reflection question: “Choose one statement from above for which you didn’t check Always and write a reflection about it. What can you do differently?”

The surveys include the following themes: Time Management, Concentration and Memory, Note-taking, Taking a Test, Attitude and Motivation, Active Reading, and Writing.

Time Frame: 2-3 periods for the 1st marking period and 1 period for additional marking periods

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