Are you a goal setter? Do you challenge yourself to achieve major or minor successes? At the beginning of every school year, Mrs. Hodgson and Mrs. Boon request each teacher to submit professional goals. I have to admit, sitting to write out my professional goals is not always fun. It's seldom a joy to look at areas of weakness and plan to face them head-on. But, setting goals, and making a plan to reach them, is an important and essential task. It makes me ask, "Who am I really and what do I really want to achieve?"
Each year, I issue the same request to my students: "Who are you as readers and what do you want to achieve?" I've been studying each of you, discovering who you are as readers and writers, but now I ask you to ask the question of yourself.
It's time to set some reading goals. Not some, "I want to get all As" goals, but real goals. Goals that truly speak to who we are personally. How would you like to grow as a reader? How do you want to see your reading change? What plan can you make to reach this goal?
Readers, I want you to write out one reading goal answering the questions about changing and growing as a reader. Look at your habits to see where you can grow and improve. Then also write how you can reach this goal. Be specific.
I have written an example response to model the type of detail needed in this kind of response.
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