Name:________________________

Goal Setting: Learning Skills

Rituals ~ 21 Days of Practice, One Chunk at a Time
Did you know that it takes 21 days to create a new habit or mindset? After reviewing
the Learning Skills you will be assessed on at LCS this year, choose one to focus on for
the next 21 days and complete the following plan:
Select a Learning Skill you would like to focus on developing:
Test preparation

What OUTCOMES do you want?

Better average
Better understanding

What NEW SKILLS will you learn?

Motivation

How will you ACT differently in approaching classes and school work?

What are some of the challenges you may face?______________________________________

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Realistically, what would you like to see as an outcome?______________________________
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What would be a small sign that your efforts are beginning to make a difference?______
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What can you succeed at that is not too hard or too easy?____________________________
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How can you, your teachers, and family celebrate your efforts?_______________________
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Adapted from A Mastery Toolkit: Coaching Students to Become Can Do Learners, Greenleaf and Papanek, 2005
GLE30 2011-2012
Erin Holtz Braeckman