Set New Goals With a One Word Project 🎯

Kick off the school year with a focus on growth with a Just One Word Project! This engaging activity encourages students to think about the qualities or achievements they want to focus on throughout the year and condense them into a single, significant word. By choosing a one-word goal, students will gain daily motivation while developing important social-emotional skills, such as self-awareness, self-management, and goal-setting.

This Just One-Word Project is perfect for helping students transition into a new school year or term.

You’ll ♥ This Just One Word Activity for Goal Setting Lessons

Our Just One Word Activity for Goal Setting is more than just a creative project—it’s a full reflection and planning exercise. Students will:

• Identify their one-word goal for the school year
• Reflect on why this one goal is essential to achieve during the year
• Plan the steps they need to take to achieve their goal

To make the activity even more fun, we’ve added a template so that students can create a One-Word Goal t-shirt design that visually represents their goal. This hands-on activity allows students to express their creativity while reinforcing their commitment to their goal.

Easily Prepare This One-Word New Year’s Resolution Activity

Getting started is easy! Click the Download button to access your printable PDF or editable Google Slides resource file, which includes:

• Step-by-step student instructions
• Goal reflection and planning templates
• One-Word t-shirt design sheets

From there, you can print a copy of this One Word Goal Activity for each student, gather some writing and colouring supplies, and guide your class through a meaningful goal-setting lesson.

This resource was created by Lindsey Phillips, a teacher in Michigan and Teach Starter Collaborator.

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