goal+page-Kiara

=__**My Year 7 Learning Goals**__ = To ensure that I am a successful citizen of Pukekohe Intermediate, I have set the following goals for myself. I am hoping I will achieve them by the end of Term 2, if not sooner.

__**Social / PB4L (Positive Behaviour for Learning) Goal:**__
**__Goal__ :** My goal is to socialize with other people and interact in groups. I will share my ideas with my group peers and classmates. __**I will achieve this by...**__
 * getting to know my peers, so I can become more comfortable socializing with them
 * understanding the task my group has been given, so I know what sorts of ideas my group is expecting

__**Mathematics Goals:**__
__**Goal 1**__ **:** My goal is to be proficient in adding and subracting, and improve in multiplying and dividing. __**I will achieve this by...**__ __**Goal 2**__ **:** My goal is to complete my basic facts quicker. __**I will achieve this by...**__
 * taking my time to work out the answers to addition, subraction, multiplication and division equations
 * transferring my knowledge and strategies to my tests and ARBs
 * learning different strategies, identifying the easiest one to use, using it, and checking my answers
 * practising my adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing skills and asking for help
 * reworking the problems which are incorrect, so I know where I went wrong__﻿__
 * practising and recalling my basic facts as often as possible
 * thinking of easy strategies I could use to work out the answers in my head quickly
 * revising my basic facts often and skipping the hard questions, rather than getting stuck on them, so I can complete the rest of the equations and come back to that equation later
 * looking at my errors again, to see where I have gone wrong, so I can proceed without making the same mistakes

__**Reading Goal:**__
**__Goal__ :** My goal is to read __consistently__ within and beyond a text to:
 * 1) Make meaning
 * 2) infer
 * 3) make judgements which are __supported by the text__

**__I will achieve this by...__**

 * discussing my books with my parents
 * discussing my book with my peer / class
 * re-reading a text when I am unsure
 * using a dictionary when I am unsure
 * asking a friend / teacher when I am unsure
 * looking for key words in the text

__**Writing Goal:**__
**__Goal__ :** My goal is to use wider vocabulary in my writing and use more sophisticated vocabulary where it is appropriate. __**I will achieve this by...**__
 * using a dictionary more often, to find interesting words to replace the boring words in my writing
 * finding sophisticated vocabulary to use in my writing
 * learning interesting / sophisticated words and their meanings, so I can correctly use them in my writing

__**Reflection on Term 1...**__
//At my old school, I was known for how good I was at spelling. Also, because there was no accelerate class at my old school, even though I was smart, I got equal work to my classmates - my work was no harder than theirs. Now, at Pukekohe Intermediate, no one takes any notice of how well I spell, they just know me as a good writer (and that is pretty weird for me and a big change for me since last year!). At the beginning of term 1, I thought the work was easy, but now I am struggling at Mathematics. I really enjoyed term 1. I made a lot of cool new friends, I got a fantastic teacher, and I learned heaps! I miss my old friends, but I absolutely love Pukekohe Intermediate, and there is no other place I would rather be!//