Lesson · Grade 2 · Career Education
Setting a Goal in Small Steps
- Grade 2
- Career Education
- 54 s
- British Columbia
- BC2-CA-01
Kai wants to catch a ball and breaks that goal into three small steps on a staircase: hands ready, up close, and farther away. A teacher at school, a grown-up at home and a friend at the park nearby each help with one step, and once all three steps are checked off Kai reaches the goal, ending on "Set a goal, take small steps, and ask for help."
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In one sentence
The question this lesson answers
Kai has a goal: to catch a ball.
How can Kai reach this goal?
Transcript
What the lesson says
Kai has a goal: to catch a ball.
How can Kai reach this goal?
Kai breaks the goal into three small steps.
Step one: hands ready, out in front.
At school, a teacher shows Kai how.
Step two: catch a soft ball up close.
At home, a grown-up tosses it gently.
Step three: catch it from farther away.
Nearby at the park, a friend throws it.
One, two, three steps, and Kai reached the goal!
Kai got help at school, home and the park.
Set a goal, take small steps, and ask for help.
Curriculum
Where this fits
- British Columbia, Grade 2
Career Education, Career education: goal-setting strategiesBC2-CA-01
The outcomes and strands follow the British Columbia curriculum.
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