Goal Setting and Frog Tossing!

Third graders are learning how to write "SMART" goals - meaning goals that are Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Rewarding, and Timely.  To demonstrate how being "attainable" and "rewarding" looks, students tried to throw toy frogs into a bucket from 2 steps away (not very rewarding!) and then 20 steps away (not attainable!) and then 8 steps away.  They found that when they were 8 steps away, it was far more rewarding when they got the frog in the bucket, but it was not completely impossible to achieve.

Students then wrote down a goal for their fall and made sure their goals were SMART!