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Individualized Goal Setting

12/13/2016

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Submitted by Megan Akers and Shannan Harzarik
4th and ​5th Grade Math Teachers, Chase Elementary
We are entering our third year as a Lighthouse School at Chase Elementary.  Over these past three years, we have been given many opportunities to evaluate our role as teachers and how to best meet the needs of our students.  With 1:1 devices, we have been able to customize and personalize instruction to meet the needs of all of our students.  We can meet them where they are academically.  We felt the next step in better instruction was to get students more involved in their learning. We are doing that this year through individualized goal setting with our students. 

In our 4th and 5th grade math classes we are having the students look at the data from their MAP assessment taken this fall, past unit assessments, upcoming unit tests, and PARCC skills to determine where each student excels and where he or she has an area of need.  After looking at the data, the students set a goal for themselves.  For example, “My goal is to improve my understanding of number operations by practicing fractions.”  Once the goal is set the students are given multiple opportunities to practice in their identified area of need.  During small group rotations, students are able to use digital math programs to play games and view reteach videos that support their area of need and collect data.  We then use the data generated from their math practice games and videos to meet with the students again to do a goal check-up every couple of weeks to see how students are doing working towards their goals.  We have found that when students take more ownership in their learning, there is more internalized motivation.  When the motivation is internalized then it leads to deeper and longer lasting understanding.
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