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Setting a SMART Goal

  • Grade 4
  • Career Education
  • 1 min 14 s
  • British Columbia
  • BC4-CA-01

Sam's vague wish to "get better at running" becomes a clear goal, as each letter of SMART (specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, time-bound) adds one piece to a running-track scene: a 2 km flag, km marks, the 1 km Sam can already run, the running club Sam wants to join, and a 6-week deadline. Sam then checks progress week by week until reaching 2 km without stopping, and the video ends on the recap: make your goals specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and time-bound.

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The question this lesson answers

How do you set a goal that you can really reach?

Sam's goal is to get better at running.

Transcript

What the lesson says

How do you set a goal that you can really reach?

Sam's goal is to get better at running.

But better by how much, and by when?

A SMART goal fixes this with five checks, one for each letter.

Specific means saying exactly what you will do: run 2 kilometres without stopping.

Measurable means you can track it, like counting the kilometres Sam runs.

Achievable means it is a stretch but possible, since Sam can already run 1 kilometre.

Relevant means it matters to you, and Sam wants to join the running club.

Time-bound means it has a deadline, so Sam gives it 6 weeks.

Now the goal is clear: run 2 kilometres without stopping within 6 weeks.

Each week, Sam checks the distance and runs a little farther.

By week 6, Sam runs 2 kilometres without stopping.

To reach a goal, make it specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and time-bound.

Curriculum

Where this fits

British Columbia, Grade 4

Career Education, Career education: goal-setting strategiesBC4-CA-01

Next: Making a Good Decision: Options, Pros and Cons, Choose, Review

British Columbia, Grade 5

Career Education, Career education: goal-setting strategiesBC5-CA-01

Next: Making a Good Decision: Options, Pros and Cons, Choose, Review

British Columbia, Grade 6

Career Education, Personal development: goal-setting strategiesBC6-CA-01

Next: Running a Project: Idea, Plan, Action, Reflection

British Columbia, Grade 7

Career Education, Personal development: goal-setting strategiesBC7-CA-01

Next: Running a Project: Idea, Plan, Action, Reflection

This lesson is also listed in Grade 5, Grade 6 and Grade 7.

The outcomes and strands follow the British Columbia curriculum.

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