Lesson · Grade 1 · Career Education

Setting a Goal and Taking Small Steps

  • Grade 1
  • Career Education
  • 1 min 4 s
  • British Columbia
  • BC1-CA-01

Mia sets a goal to read five books and reaches it with small steps: on each numbered stepping stone Mia reads one book, which lands in the goal stack. Along the way, a grown-up at home, a teacher at school and a librarian in the community each help, and the video ends on "Set a goal, take small steps, and ask for help."

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In one sentence

The question this lesson answers

Mia has a goal: to read five books.

How can Mia reach this big goal?

Transcript

What the lesson says

Mia has a goal: to read five books.

How can Mia reach this big goal?

Mia takes small steps, one book at a time.

Step one: Mia reads the first book.

Who can help Mia along the way?

At home, a grown-up reads with Mia.

At school, a teacher helps with hard words.

In the community, a librarian helps pick books.

Step five: Mia reads the last book.

Let's count the steps: one, two, three, four, five.

Mia read five books and reached the goal!

Set a goal, take small steps, and ask for help.

Curriculum

Where this fits

British Columbia, Grade 1

Career Education, Career education: goal-setting strategiesBC1-CA-01

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The outcomes and strands follow the British Columbia curriculum.