Name: SMART Goal Setting Lessons with Activities, Templates, + Teaching Slides
Brand: Social Emotional Workshop
SKU: 2007441
Price: 5.00 USD
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SMART Goal Setting Lessons with Activities, Templates, + Teaching Slides

$5.00

Teach students to set achievable goals with this complete 5-lesson series designed for upper elementary and middle school. Each 15-minute lesson includes teaching slides, hands-on activities, and worksheets that guide students through brainstorming, writing SMART goals, peer feedback, and action planning. Perfect for classroom guidance, small groups, or individual counseling.

Made for: Small Groups and The Classroom

Grade Level: 3, 4, 5, and 6

File Format: PDF, Google Slides, PPTX, and Zip

Total Pages: 100+

Topic: Goal Setting, Self Regulation, Behavior, and Social Emotional Learning

Digital Download. No physical product will be shipped.

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About This Resource

Give students the step-by-step process to set goals they'll achieve, not goals they'll forget next week. Turn goal setting from a one-time worksheet into a lifelong skill with this complete 5-lesson series (just 15 minutes each!) that teaches students how to create SMART goals, break them into action steps, and monitor their progress.

Most goal-setting resources are one-off worksheets that students fill out and forget by next week. You want goal setting to be meaningful and lasting, but without a structured process that breaks it down step-by-step, students either set vague goals ("be better at math") or goals so big they give up immediately. You need something that teaches goal-setting, not just a one-time template.

These SMART Goal Setting Lessons help you teach goal setting as a complete skill through five structured 15-minute lessons that guide students from brainstorming to planning to progress monitoring.

With this resource, you'll be able to:

Build executive functioning skills: Students learn to break big goals into mini-goals and action steps, developing planning and organization.
Use it flexibly across settings: works for whole-class instruction, small-group intervention, or individual counseling.
Save prep time: Teaching slides guide your facilitation, and worksheets are print-and-go.
Includes practice and revision: Students practice identifying SMART vs. not-so-SMART goals and get peer feedback before finalizing their own.

What's Included

Printable Materials

5 structured lesson plans (15 minutes each) with clear objectives and procedures
Goal brainstorming activity
SMART goal posters with student-friendly definitions and guiding questions
Example goals for practice (SMART vs. not-so-SMART)
"I will" goal writing worksheets
SMART goal drafting templates with structured questions.
Peer feedback forms (goal check tool)
Goal revision worksheets
Mini-goal planning pages with action step templates
Self-reflection sheets for progress monitoring
Both color and black & white versions included

Editable Teaching Slides with Notes

PowerPoint format (editable)
Google Slides format (editable)
Slide notes included for facilitation guidance
Covers all 5 lessons with visuals and examples

Lesson Flow

Each lesson is 15 minutes and can be used as a complete series or combined into 2-3 sessions.

Lesson 1: What's a goal? Students brainstorm goals and write a simple "I will" goal to start.
Lesson 2: Learn theSMART framework using student-friendly language and practice evaluating example goals.
Lesson 3: Draft a SMART goal using brainstorming worksheets and templates.
Lesson 4: Peer Goal Check - students give each other feedback, then revise and finalize their goals.
Lesson 5: Break goals into mini-goals and create an action plan with specific steps.

Why This Resource

Five 15-minute lessons that can be combined: Not a massive unit. Quick, focused lessons that build the skill step-by-step, or combine into longer sessions based on your schedule.
Practice before application: Students practice identifying and evaluating goals before writing their own, making the skill stick.
Peer feedback tools: Students get support revising their goals through structured peer feedback, not just writing them once and moving on.
Goal brainstorming support: Includes posters and brainstorming pages organized by goal type to help students generate meaningful goals beyond "read more."
Teaching slides included: Guides whole-class instruction with minimal prep; no need to create your own presentation.

Ways To Use This Resource

Classroom guidance series - Use all 5 lessons at the start of the year or semester to build goal-setting skills schoolwide
Small group intervention - Target students who struggle with motivation, planning, or follow-through
Individual counseling - Work through goal setting one-on-one with students who need extra support
New Year/semester reset - Perfect for January or semester transitions when students are thinking about fresh starts
Executive functioning support - Help students with ADHD or planning challenges break big goals into manageable action steps

Perfect If You ...

Want goal setting to be more than a one-time worksheet thatstudents forget about
Need structured lessons that teach the actual skill, not just a template to fill out.
Work with students who struggle with planning, follow-through, or breaking tasks into steps.
Want something that works across whole class, small group, and individual settings.
Need teaching slides to guide instruction without spending hours creating your own

Details

Grade Levels: Grades 3-6
Group Size: Flexible - whole class, small group (3-8), or individual
Session Length: Five 15-minute lessons (can be combined for 2 lessons)
Prep Time: Under 15 minutes - review lesson plan and print worksheets
Materials Needed: None beyond this resource
Format: PDF (worksheets and lesson plans), PowerPoint, and Google Slides (teaching slides - editable)
Pages: 50+ pages PDF + 50+ teaching slides
Printing: Both color and black & white versions included

Reviews

5 stars: 266 (91%)
4 stars: 27 (9%)
3 stars: 0 (0%)
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Great for Goals

Great resource to teach about creating SMART goals for the school year.

Love this resource

I've used this both at the beginning of the year and to set goals after coming back from winter break - it's very accessible to students!

Valuable Resource

I use this each semester when I teach my 5th graders about setting SMART Goals.

This is a great resource that I refer to all the time when we are talking about goal setting.

Great resource for explaining goals and how to set them with students.

My students loved learning how to set goals with this resource. We used it a lot in class, and I also had printed copies available at any time if they wanted to use it for personal goals not involving class. It was truly inspiring to watch them use it outside of classroom activities.

Useful resource for middle school students and staff.

This was an excellent resource! Very informative and helpful!

I'm using it with my Gifted and Talented students, grades 2-5. It's easily adaptable to all grade levels and a great addition to my New Year's goal setting lessons!

Very easy to use and teach- the mini lessons are super and engaging... Thank you!

I have used this resource with my students to set our yearly goals

This was very user friendly and engaging for me to use! We used it during multiple Morning Meetings when we were focused on analyzing and setting SMART Goals.

Great resource for middle school staff and students.

While my 6th graders weren't experts at writing SMART goals when we finished this, they could all tell you what the acronym means. As 12-year-olds, what they thought qualified as attainable was a little bit outlandish. :)

I enjoyed using this to help my students set goals and to help me monitor them!

Love these short lessons. Used this in the morning when a few of my classrooms. Super easy, no prep, and engaging.

Students loved and were engaged in the learning process.

Great unit for introducing my students to SMART Goals and goal planning. My students really enjoyed it.

This is an engaging approach to goal setting. It's a great way to start the school year.

This looks great! I may end up using it this year with my students.

My students loved this resource. They were highly engaged. It was just what I was looking for.

This is a very comprehensive packet. I loved how the lessons were broken up and the students were able to set goals.

I typically hate SMART goal and goal setting lessons and my students always seem to have difficulty with it. This is the first material I have used that students were engaged and excited about goal setting while also comprehending the material. Worked great to understand how to set a goal and work on setting personal goals with students. It has everything you need with no prep.

Great resource! My 4th and 5th graders were very engaged with setting their goals!

This was a very clear and engaging way to teach what SMART goals are! I anticipate using this tool when starting with any new scholars moving forward.

This is just what I needed for the group I have this year. Thank you.

Thank you!

I used this more for the display than anything. They were great for a lesson I was leading on setting goals.

This resources makes goal setting simple

Well laid out lesson!

Great for children to learn goal setting!

I do like the colors of the visuals and how they were worded, in general. I will be posting these in my classroom as a whole year thing now.

This was exactly what I was looking for to help teach SMART goals. Most of this we did orally in class but it helped students understand goal setting better.