Pathways to Achievement: Understanding Goals and Resources

1. 6th Grade Goals Unit Review Written by Barbara Mackessy

2. Goals Resources Educational Goals Financial Goals Changing goals 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5

3. Goals for 1 Question: Define Goals Check Your Answer

4. Goals for 1 Answer: Goals are something that you want to accomplish or achieve in a period of time. Back to the Game Board

5. Goals for 2 Question: What can goals be about? Check Your Answer

6. Goals for 2 Answer: anything Example: education, money, family, religion, wealth, justice, loyalty, happiness, security, creativity, friends, finances, house, personality, health etc. Back to the Game Board

7. Goals for 3 Question: What are long term goals? Check Your Answer

8. Goals for 3 Answer: Things that will take years and years for someone to accomplish them. Back to the Game Board

9. Goals for 4 Question: What are immediate goals? Check Your Answer

10. Goals for 4 Answer: Things that you want to do or are working on right now. Back to the Game Board

11. Goals for 5 Question: What are mid term goals (intermediate goals)? Check Your Answer

12. Goals for 5 Answer: Things that you want to do or accomplish that take 1 to 3 years to complete. Back to the Game Board

13. Resources for 1 Question: Who is available to help you reach your goals? Check Your Answer

14. Resources for 1 Answer: Parents, teachers, community members, neighbors, friends, relatives etc. Back to the Game Board

15. Resources for 2 Question: What do you need to consider when setting goals? Check Your Answer

16. Resources for 2 Answer: Is the goal realistic? What resources are available? Back to the Game Board

17. Resources for 3 Question: What free resource is available in most communities that allows you to do research and obtain information? Check Your Answer

18. Resources for 3 Answer: Local or Community Libraries Back to the Game Board

19. Resources for 4 Question: What type of problems might the lack of resources cause in obtaining your goals? Check Your Answer

20. Resources for 4 Answer: No money to purchase required tools. No people to help with labor, transportation etc. No Parental permission = no go Back to the Game Board

21. Resources for 5 Question: What is your biggest Resource? Check Your Answer

22. Resources for 5 Answer: You & your positive attitude Back to the Game Board

23. Educational Goals for 1 Question: Name four things to consider before selecting a career. Check Your Answer

24. Educational Goals for 1 Answer: Any four Your ability Your interest Your personality Your aptitude Your attitude Back to the Game Board

25. Educational Goals for 2 Question : What are two postsecondary options? Check Your Answer

26. Educational Goals for 2 Answer: Two year college Four year university Military Apprenticeships On the job training Back to the Game Board

27. Educational Goals for 3 Question: As a sixth grader what should be your number one short term educational goal at this point? Check Your Answer

28. Educational Goals for 3 Answer: I will pass the sixth grade this year at this school to make myself and my parents proud. Back to the Game Board

29. Educational Goals for 4 Question: What does GPA stand for? Check Your Answer

30. Educational Goals for 4 Answer: Grade Point Average Back to the Game Board

31. Educational Goals for 5 Question: You can be anything you want to be with _________________. Check Your Answer

32. Educational Goals for 5 Answer: You can be anything you want to be with the right education and training for the job. Back to the Game Board

33. Financial Goals for 1 Question: What are financial goals? Check Your Answer

34. Financial Goals for 1 Answer: Any or all of the following How much money you will make on a job. How much money you will save. How much money you will have at retirement. How much money you will have to invest. Back to the Game Board

35. Financial Goals for 2 Question: Having goals builds what type of skills? Check Your Answer

36. Financial Goals for 2 Answer: Increase self-esteem, socialization skills, leadership skills, problem solving skills and teamwork skills (accept any of these) Back to the Game Board

37. Financial Goals for 3 Question: How can you find out what a person would make on at particular job in the future? Check Your Answer

38. Financial Goals for 3 Answer: GCIS, Bureau of labor statistics GA labor market trends Back to the Game Board

39. Financial Goals for 4 Question: What can you do now to help prepare yourself for the future financially? Check Your Answer

40. Financial Goals for 4 Answer: Start saving a percent of your birthday money, Christmas money, do chores for parent or neighbors and even get a part time job when you are old enough Back to the Game Board

41. Financial Goals for 5 Question: Should money be the most important thing for your consideration in selecting a job? Check Your Answer

42. Financial Goals for 5 Answer: At anytime to make the goal better for the person who set it. Back to the Game Board

43. Changing goals for 1 Question: What does it mean to modify an existing goal? Check Your Answer

44. Changing goals for 1 Answer: Modify is to make changes to the goals that already exists. Back to the Game Board

45. Changing goals for 2 Question: How could a person adapt a goal? Check Your Answer

46. Changing goals for 2 Answer: Take an existing goals and make changes to it so that it will work for you at that time. Back to the Game Board

47. Changing goals for 3 Question: When should a goal be modified? Check Your Answer

48. Changing goals for 3 Answer: Anytime, modify goals as needed Back to the Game Board

49. Changing goals for 4 Question: Changing goals can become a habit and needs to be stopped. Yes or No and Why? Check Your Answer

50. Changing goals for 4 Answer: No, Changing goals as needed must be done in order to be successful; therefore, goals can be developed and/or improved upon at any time. Back to the Game Board