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Lesson Plan

Self-Monitoring Guide

Equip 6th graders with self-monitoring skills across four 30-minute sessions—setting behavior goals, tracking daily progress, reflecting on data, and providing peer feedback to foster ownership.

Teaching students to monitor and reflect on their own behavior promotes self-awareness, accountability, and empowers them to adjust strategies based on real data.

Audience

6th Grade Group

Time

Four 30-minute sessions

Approach

Guided small-group workshops with hands-on tracking and peer review.

Materials

Progress Pulse Deck, Daily Tracker Template, Reflection Log, and Peer Feedback Circle

Prep

Teacher Prep

15 minutes

Step 1

Session 1: Goal Setting & Introduction

30 minutes

  • Objective: Define self-monitoring and set a clear, measurable behavior goal
  • Activity:
    • Use slides 1–4 of the Progress Pulse Deck to introduce self-monitoring concepts
    • Brainstorm examples of positive behaviors in small groups
    • Each student writes one SMART behavior goal on their first page of the Daily Tracker Template
  • Assessment: Collect and review each goal statement for specificity and feasibility

Step 2

Session 2: Daily Tracking Practice

30 minutes

  • Objective: Practice accurately recording target behaviors
  • Activity:
    • Model filling out yesterday’s tracker using an example scenario on slides 5–6 of the Progress Pulse Deck
    • Students complete their own tracker for yesterday’s behaviors on the Daily Tracker Template
    • Pair-share to discuss any challenges in recording data
  • Assessment: Check a sample of each student’s filled tracker for completeness and correct categorization

Step 3

Session 3: Reflection & Data Review

30 minutes

  • Objective: Interpret personal data and identify patterns
  • Activity:
    • Distribute the Reflection Log and review prompts on slides 7–8 of the Progress Pulse Deck
    • Students compare two days of their trackers and record insights (e.g., triggers, successes)
    • Small-group discussions to share one pattern noticed and one strategy to improve
  • Assessment: Collect reflection logs; look for evidence of data-driven insights and specific next steps

Step 4

Session 4: Peer Feedback & Goal Adjustment

30 minutes

  • Objective: Give constructive feedback and adjust goals based on data
  • Activity:
    • Organize students into a Peer Feedback Circle
    • Each student shares one success and one struggle from their tracker/reflection
    • Peers offer one positive affirmation and one suggestion
    • Students revise their behavior goal and daily tracker form for the coming week
  • Assessment: Use a simple rubric to evaluate quality of peer feedback and clarity of revised goals
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Slide Deck

Welcome to Progress Pulse

In this workshop, you will learn to set, track, reflect on, and adjust your behavior goals to build self-awareness and ownership.

Welcome students! Today we begin Progress Pulse—a small-group workshop to help you track and improve your behavior goals. Use this slide deck over four sessions.

What Is Self-Monitoring?

Self-monitoring means keeping track of your own behaviors and progress toward a goal.
• Increases self-awareness
• Builds accountability
• Guides data-driven improvements

Define self-monitoring and why it matters. Emphasize how tracking actions helps change habits.

Setting SMART Behavior Goals

Make your goal:
• Specific
• Measurable
• Achievable
• Relevant
• Time-bound

Introduce SMART criteria. Walk through each letter with examples tied to school behaviors.

Your SMART Goal Workshop

  1. Think of one positive behavior you want to improve.
  2. Use SMART to write it down.
  3. Share with a partner for feedback.

Prompt students to draft one SMART behavior goal. Circulate to give feedback on clarity and feasibility.

Model: Daily Tracking

• Review yesterday’s behaviors on a sample tracker
• Mark occurrences clearly (✔) or not (✘)
• Note brief context or trigger if needed

Demonstrate an example of filling out the Daily Tracker. Highlight correct categorization and honesty in data.

Practice: Recording Your Behaviors

  1. Grab your Daily Tracker Template.
  2. Complete all fields for yesterday’s behaviors.
  3. Pair-share: What was easy or tricky?

Students fill out their own tracker for yesterday. Encourage questions about when and how to record.

Reflecting on Your Data

• Compare two days of your tracker
• Write one pattern you noticed
• List one strategy to improve or build on success

Explain reflection prompts: comparing two days, spotting patterns, brainstorming strategies.

Peer Feedback & Next Steps

  1. Share one success and one struggle.
  2. Peers give one positive affirmation + one suggestion.
  3. Revise your SMART goal for next week.

Describe how to run a Peer Feedback Circle and use the rubric to guide affirmations and suggestions.

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Worksheet

Daily Tracker Template

Use this tracker each day to monitor your behavior goal. Fill in one row per day.

DateBehavior Monitored✔ / ✘Context / Notes
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________

(Repeat or photocopy additional sheets as needed.)

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Journal

Reflection Log

Use this log to reflect on your tracked behavior data. Refer to slides 7–8 of the Progress Pulse Deck and your Daily Tracker Template for support.

  1. Compare two days of your tracker. What differences do you notice (time of day, context, triggers)?










  2. Identify one pattern or trend you observed in your behavior. What does this pattern tell you?







  3. Describe one success or improvement you saw in these days. What made that success possible?



  4. Describe one challenge you faced and why you think it happened.



  5. Based on your insights, list one strategy you will try to improve or build on your success.







  6. Explain how this new strategy will help you move closer to your SMART behavior goal.







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Discussion

Peer Feedback Circle

Use this protocol in Session 4 to share insights, give constructive feedback, and revise goals. Refer to slides 8 of the Progress Pulse Deck.

Purpose

• Strengthen listening and communication skills
• Offer supportive, data-driven feedback
• Help peers refine SMART behavior goals

Roles & Norms

  • Speaker: Shares one success and one challenge from tracker/reflection.
  • Listeners (Peers): Focus on understanding, affirming strengths, and offering suggestions.

Listening Norms:

  • Maintain eye contact and open body language.
  • Avoid interrupting: hold questions until the speaker finishes.
  • Use “I” statements (e.g., “I noticed…”).
  • Respect confidentiality—what’s shared stays in the circle.

Protocol Steps

  1. Speaker Share (2 minutes)
    • State your SMART goal and data context.
    • Describe one success you recorded.
    • Describe one struggle you encountered.

  2. Positive Affirmation (1 minute per listener)
    • Each peer names one specific strength or progress.
    • Use evidence: “I saw you recorded ✔ three days in a row on…”

  3. Constructive Suggestion (1 minute per listener)
    • Offer one actionable idea to help overcome the challenge.
    • Frame as a question or suggestion: “Have you tried…?” or “You might consider…”

  4. Speaker Reflection & Next Steps (2 minutes)
    • Thank peers for feedback.
    • Note one suggestion to incorporate.
    • Rewrite or adjust your SMART goal on the Daily Tracker Template.

Timing (Total: 10–12 minutes per group of 4)

  • Speaker share: 2 minutes
  • Affirmations & suggestions: 4–6 minutes
  • Reflection & goal adjustment: 2–4 minutes

Tips for Success

  • Encourage honesty; focus on growth, not perfection.
  • Model one round as a whole class before small-group breakout.
  • Use a simple rubric to score affirmations and suggestions for clarity and helpfulness.

Use this structure each week to build supportive routines and data-driven goal refinement!

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