Reading and Writing Goals 

Goals drive much of what we do every day, from morning routines to housekeeping tasks to completing work assignments.  According to research, goal setting has a strong influence on learning. At Cragislea, all students from year 1 to year 6 have an individual reading and writing goal that is changed every five weeks. In Term 1, the Prep students are introduced to the concept of goals and are provided with reading and writing goals in Term 2. Your child's goals are sent home, so you are aware of what their current goals are.

Students are clear on what their goals are and what strategies are required in order for them to meet those goals.  All goals are explicitly taught through modelling, shared, guided and independent methods. Students are provided with regular feedback about how they are going with their goal and their next step.

Providing effective feedback about their goal is central to improving students learning, whether it is feedback to students about what they have been able to successfully achieve or what they need to learn next. According to Hattie (2007) effective feedback answers three questions; "Where am I going?" (the goal); "How am I going?" "Where to next?" . At Craigslea, we believe that feedback to students:

• is timely;
• is informative & purposeful;
• gives specific information about what to do next;
• requires students to take action and responsibility;
• challenges students to use higher order thinking.

Sample Goals and Feedback