These colorful, printable January calender pieces are the perfect addition to your classroom calendar. There are three different graphics so that you can choose to incorporate patterns into your morning meeting routine if you’d like. (AB, ABC etc)
Two options of January month headers and holiday cards for New Year’s Day and MLK Jr. Day are included!
New Year’s Day Writing Prompts, this file includes 6 unique and creative writing prompts geared around the New Year season. These writing prompts have a fun twist, students will get to ‘build’ their own craft to match their written responses. They will cut and paste the emotion on their craft. Excellent for paragraph practice, sentence writing practice, quick-writes, impromptu writing, creative writing, and for some holiday fun.
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What are Build a Funny Face Writing Prompt Crafts? This set of writing craft prompts are fun and interactive! They are very easy to set up. Print and hand out a writing prompt for each student, you can print one prompt for each student using one theme or you could mix up the theme!
How to use: The students read the writing prompts and continue writing their stories and then cut out their choice of eyes and mouth. They paste these onto their pictures and cut out the writing section along with the graphic. They then color their pictures and paste the whole cut out onto thick construction paper. You can hang these for display. How to use: The students read the writing prompts and continue writing their stories and then cut out their choice of eyes and mouth. They paste these onto their pictures and cut out the writing section along with the graphic. They then color their pictures and paste the whole cut out onto thick construction paper. You can hang these for display.
What’s included: – 3 boy writing prompt crafts – 3 girl writing prompt crafts – EACH THEME INCLUDES A BLANK BOX TO CUSTOMIZE TO WRITE YOUR OWN WRITING PROMPT.
Great for an INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOK. Have students review the factoids about New Year’s Eve Customs and then do one of the extension activities.
I also have INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOK Factoids on other topics including: pumpkins, Chinese New Year, turkeys, Diwali, mummies, Presidents, Women’s history and more.
Check out my web quest on New Year’s Eve and its history and customs around the world. Includes Diwali, Chinese New Year, Rosh Hashanah , Songkran and April Fool’s Day(originally started over when to celebrate the New Year!) New Year’s Traditions from Around the World
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Get your Spanish Students making their own New Year’s Resolutions in Spanish for the new year for themselves and for celebrities. They can practice the structure “Voy a + infinitivo” as well as “debe + infinitivo”
Includes comic in Spanish describing New Years Resolutions, list of typical resolutions, resolutions for a teacher, and a prompt for students to write their own “Propósitos de año nuevo”
You can use one or both of these Happy New Year letterheads to make personal, classroom, or commercial cards, posters, stationery, etc. or use them in whiteboard presentations (please read the terms-of-use PDF in the zip file for more info.) The art is in PNG format so the background is transparent.
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Gear up for the New Year with this kid friendly interview!
This is a great way for your students (and/or children) to document their current favorites. Save this sheet and compare their answers at the end of the year.
It’s 2022! Time sure flies. We have some great ideas for you in our January edition of Teacher Talk. So, hurry on over to see what these creative educators are doing this month.
It was cold and blustery outside, one of those days you just wanted to stay under the covers, but truth be told, I immediately thought about how I dreaded my third period class, I so wanted to turn over and forget about it for a while. I knew I had to face it, so I begrudgingly got out of bed. Alas, it was only hump day, and I had a busy schedule, so I dragged myself out of bed, had my cup of coffee and a piece of toast.
First week back after winter break. . . what a week! With our classroom numbers fluctuating due to students quarantining or testing positive, and so much uncertainty, diving right into the curriculum was not an option. We went back to the basics: what do we need to improve in?
Need a way to encourage independent reading? I have kept these particular reading engagement questions under my desk blotter for many, many years—so many that I don’t even know who did the research for them, but I do know these questions are effective in improving reading motivation, in the person who responds, AND in those who listen to the answers.
Some people say mathematics is the science of patterns which I think is a pretty accurate description. Not only do patterns take on many forms, but they occur in every part of mathematics. But then again patterns occur in other disciplines as well. They can be sequential, spatial, temporal, and even linguistic. Discover more about pattern in this blog post.
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MLK in ELA: Ideas for Reading & Writing About Martin Luther King, Jr.
Literature circles and mini-lessons go hand-in-hand. Discover the most important mini-lessons to teach your students and take your literature circles to new levels!
Get your students ready for your chapter tests, district-mandated tests, and the high-stakes state tests with test prep tournaments! They are a fun way to review for upcoming tests AND they work!
Grab our FREEBEE fun, and engaging new year resolution writing prompt. It is a perfect first week of 2021 activity for all age group and kids love the simple concept of turning over a new leaf and the discussions surrounding it.
The resource includes a leaf themed writing activity with four fun prompts along with a follow up worksheet where kids can record their chosen new year resolution in more depth. The download includes options for older/younger children with 4 differentiated versions to chose from. I love to then create a display in my classroom by adding the leaves to our class tree along with a title ‘We are turning over a new leaf in 2021″.
If you like this product be sure to check out our New Year 2021 – Class Discussion Cards – New Years Resolutions. The pack includes 32 cards perfect for stimulating engaging, high quality class discussion on a range of topics commonly discussed at the beginning of a year:
Reflecting on experiences
Progress in learning
Friendships
New Years Resolutions
interests and hobbies
Emotions
Growth Mindset
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Start the New Year off with some Kindness goals or use for Back to School. This FREE resource gives you tools to help create a Happier Classroom for 2021. There are ideas and printouts that foster opportunities for discussions, writing, class meetings, or as reminders to students on how to treat each other better and think about each other in a more positive way. It also helps students think about themselves with more positivity.
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* Creating a Happier Classroom and School Together – Teacher Tips page
* 3 Word Posters – “How I Think About Others”
“How I Act Toward Others”
“How I Think About Myself and What I Do”
* 2 Posters giving examples of the Word Posters – Ideas for Students to put the Words into Actions
* 1 Student Morning Greeting Poster
* Worksheet or Class Meeting Squares where students illustrate and caption what each of the Poster Words Looks Like
* 3 Colorful Award Ribbon Samples for Student Success
* 2 different Black and White Award Ribbons for Students or Teacher to design (5 to a page)
* 2 different sized Banners that say “A Happy 2021 Classroom”
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Looking for a fun morning work activity to welcome in the New Year? Want to review numbers & colors? Here it is! This Freebie is one of the morning work/homework activities from my New Year Supplement Pack: New Year Supplement Pack Direct Link
If you are searching for New Years poems, foldable early emergent readers, flip book, resolution writing and craft ideas, centers/games to review number order and syllable counting & more, be sure to check it out! You will be all set- AND the pack has materials for 2013, 2014 & 2015!
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I use this activity with my class every year when we are learning about setting goals. I tie it in with new year’s resolutions.
After we finish our rough draft, we transfer it onto our final copy and draw a nice large self portrait! They make a super cute bulletin board display!
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It’s December and time for our holiday version of Teacher Talk. Getting ready for the holiday festivities or just looking for some great ideas. You don’t want to miss what these creative educators are doing this month. If you’re interested in joining this unique group of teacher entrepreneurs, blogging buddies and/or our blog linky, sign up here….The Best of Teacher Entrepreneurs Marketing Cooperative. If you decide to join, “Feel free to email me at deann.marin@gmail.com if you have any questions” *********************************************
An Amazing Holiday Values Lesson To Use Right Now!
I woke up this morning, December 20, 2020 and thought about how much things have changed since the pandemic, staying away from those we love, prejudice against those who are different, a separation of so many people in this country, bullying, and distance learning. This has been a very sad and stressful time in our lives.*********************************************
One of my struggles during distance learning has been how to keep students engaged during math. Breakout rooms have been the perfect solution! I digitized a few of the games I used to print out and laminate. They are no-prep and ready to use! *********************************************
You’ve been creating virtual lessons, implementing virtual rewards and discipline procedures, and possibly keeping up with in-class separation shenanigans, as well. It’s overwhelming and not what you signed up for, right? Here are some ideas to help you relax and enjoy a small part of your day or week so you tell yourself that you are special (channeling Mr. Rogers here!)*********************************************
by Learning Harbor Resources for Teachers Kindergarten – 2nd Grade
Students can develop computational fluency while practicing addition and subtraction facts to 10 with these adorable little reindeer. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
A fun free New Years Activity 2021! Students make New Year resolutions by making their promises to themselves, their family, their teacher, their friends, their neighbors and their world on balloons! Two sheets included. Choose to do one or both activities. After the balloons are colored and decorated, display the pages as they are on your bulletin board or in your hallway. You can also have students cut out the balloons to make a display. An additional fun activity is to have students write on real balloons with permanent markers. Good for first day back from break. Happy New Year!
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Would you like a cute yet low-prep New Year’s craft? This is it! All that is needed in addition to this free download is white copy paper, a few sheets of colored copy paper, straws, and tape.
This French New Year’s Resolutions writing activity is ready for 2021! You can use this in a any level of French where students are writing sentences. There are 3 different French writing activities to meet your needs and provide differentiation as needed.
Here are the pages included:
1. Making a resolution and setting goals for the year
2. What I want to accomplish this year, what I want to improve, dos and don’ts list, what I can’t wait to do
3. Looking back on last year
Makes a great portfolio piece and a very cute bulletin board!
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Want resolutions that feel doable, or goal-setting that isn’t just another SMART graphic organizer? Try this cross between BINGO and a checklist to make student growth a very rewarding game!
Students use a mix of choice and preset goals in the game board, and they also get rewarded for getting the items DONE throughout the entire year – no more wondering if their resolutions are over by February!\
Bonus: This download includes BOTH the editable version AND the ready-to-print PDF.
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Along with honoring Martin Luther King, Jr., this week is our union’s
one year “strikeversary”. What a perfect time to reflect and teach our
students to stand up for what is right.
“When it comes to adding and subtracting positive and negative numbers, many students have great difficulty. In reality, it is a very confusing and abstract idea; so, it is important to give the students a concrete visual to assist them in seeing the solution. Find out how I teach this concept to my remedial college math students in my newest blog post. “
Everything feels fresh and new. It’s a new year…you have renewed energy…your kiddos are bouncing in their seats. How do you set goals with you students? How do you make sure those goals are meaningful? This is episode is chocked full of tips, advice, and secret confessions of failed resolutions! You don’t want to miss it!
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It’s 2019! Time sure flies. We have some great ideas for you in our January
edition of Teacher Talk. So hurry on over to see what these creative educators are doing this month.
If you’re interested in joining this unique group of teacherentrepreneurs, blogging buddies and/or our blog linky, sign up here….The Best of Teacher Entrepreneurs Marketing Cooperative. If you decide to join, be sure to mention one of our names.
Are you one of those people who starts the new year with the intention of making goals for yourself but never quite follow through? If you said yes, you’re in the majority, statistics show that only 8% of the people who make goals keep them. Why do so many of us, me included, fail at goal setting?
There’s nothing like making a book to get students excited! They oooh and aaah, as if it is magic! This blog post is the first in a series: Tried and True Bookmaking. **************************************************************************
Have you ever wondered if there is a helpful way to respond to students’ incorrect answers— a way that will improve not only their comprehension, but also their mindfulness when they are reading and participating in class discussions? Here are some constructive tactics to use in replying to incorrect answers.
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This was a spontaneous last resort behavior mod intervention that was really effective! Whatever works! ************************************************************************** THE MYSTERIOUS CASE OF ZERO, The Exponent- Why Any Number to the Zero Power Equals One By Vicki Rauch of Scipi
Sometimes my college students like to ask me what seems to be a difficult question. (In reality, they want to play Stump the Teacher.) One such infamous question is, “Why is any number to the zero power one?” Find out how I showed them that the answer is always one using patterns. ************************************************************************** Goal Setting for the New Year: One Word By Lisa Robles of LisaTeachR’s Classroom
Be intentional! Choose one word to focus your year.
Here are a free Valentine’s Day lesson idea and a free activity to help your students correct run-on sentences. ************************************************************************** Hook Your Students in Writing By Sally Hansen of Purposeful Plans
The hook isn’t just the attention getter at the beginning of an essay. Get your students interested in the type of essay by playing an activity before you teach! ************************************************************************** Roses are Red: Using Poetry in Reader’s Workshop By Tracy Willis of Mossy Oak Musings
Poetry + Reader’s Workshop = Common Core & Complex Text! It’s a winning equation. If you’re not using poetry in your reader’s workshop, you’re missing out on some phenomenal learning opportunities. This post is chocked full of ideas to help you incorporate poetry into your workshop. ************************************************************************** 5 Easy Ways to Implement Differentiation Into Your Classroom By Marcy Howe of It’s a Teacher Thing
We all want to help every student succeed. Learn 5-easy ways you can start implementing differentiation in your classroom today. **************************************************************************
Need a fun New Year’s activity? This includes rhyming word activities at 2 different difficulty levels and an opportunity for students to use those words in a quick writing activity. Easy rhymes include ones like moon/tune and song/gong while harder rhymes include confetti/petty and alone/groan. Great for grades 1, 2, and 3. Happy New Year everyone!
It’s 2018. Time sure flies. WE have some great ideas for you in our January edition of Teacher Talk. So hurry on over to see what these creative educators are doing this month.
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Problem Students Got You Down? Begin the New Year Right, with These Discipline Tips
Have you been struggling with Johnny or Sally since the beginning of the school year? Have you been racking your brain trying to come up with some creative ways to turn their unacceptable behavior around? Did you dread coming back to work in January? Well, I’ve been there and know exactly how you feel. If you said yes to any of these questions, I can give you a hand. ***********************************************
Would you rather attend a doctor’s appointment or your own autopsy? Mini-lesson structure helps teachers avoid an academic autopsy with end-of-unit assessments. It’s scaffolded instruction at its best.
Just like when you scaffold and model the requirements for an essay in a mini-lesson, you do the same thing individually for each student through conferencing. Many students don’t need to hear the lessons you taught at the beginning of the school year. Conferencing will help you deliver differentiated instruction. Here are some tips of how you can implement writing conferences in your classroom.
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The Five Best Reasons You Should Be Using Book Clubs as Part of Your Classroom Reading Program
Book Clubs can be an essential tool for boosting rigor and engagement in your upper elementary or middle school classroom. Learn five reasons why you should consider Book Clubs as a regular part of your reading program. ***********************************************
New Goals Happy New Year! The new year is always a great time to reflect back, set goals, and start fresh. Repurpose those NYE decorations for some fun health goal setting with your students! *********************************************** Is Your Child Afraid of Going to the Doctor? By Thia Triggs of Print Path
If your young child is fearful of going to the doctor, there are many things you can do to help them feel calmer and to prepare them for their next visit. ***********************************************
Sit back, relax and check out all the great advice you’ll find on these blog posts from our seasoned educators.
Here is a printable New Years reflection activity to use with your students! This is a great way to have your students reflect on the old year and think about what they are hoping for in the new one. You might want to send it home before winter break. You could also use the responses as the start of a journal entry or writing project.
Everything feels fresh and new. It’s a new year…you have renewed energy…your kiddos are bouncing in their seats. How do you set goals with you students? How do you make sure those goals are meaningful? This is episode is chocked full of tips, advice, and secret confessions of failed resolutions! You don’t want to miss it!
