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Teach Hub

New Year’s Resolution Classroom Activity

For Teachers 4th - 8th Standards
Create a sense of accountability among scholars with a instructional activity that focuses on making and keeping New Year's resolutions. Writers compose a five paragraph essay focused on three resolutions—promises to self improvement, to...
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Nosapo

New Year’s Resolution

For Students 4th - 12th Standards
Begin the new year with a two-part activity that asks class members to formulate a resolution and to write about someone or something they are proud of. These statements are then attached to a snowflake and a mandala which they decorate.
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Curated OER

New Year's Resolutions

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students write about New Year's Resolutions made about personal improvement, family and friends, and school and the outside world. They write a first draft and a final draft of a five-paragraph essay about their resolutions.
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Universal Press Syndicate

The Mini Page: Make It a Good New Year

For Students 1st - 5th
The New Year is a time for reflecting on the previous year in order to make resolutions and set goals for self improvement. With multiple suggestions towards becoming a better classmate, student, friend, and healthy person, the resource...
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PBS

Write a New Year Poem Inspired by Amanda Gorman’s "New Day’s Lyric"

For Students 6th - 12th
Here's a new take on a new year. After watching and discussing the video of Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman performing her "New Day's Lyric," young poets craft poems that reflect their feelings about the past year and their resolutions...
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Scholastic

Make a “WHAM” “BOOM” “POW” Resolution!

For Students Pre-K - 2nd
Scholars set a New Year's Resolution using a "Wham, Boom, Pow" format. Wham—learners identify who needs their help, boom—where could they improve in school, and pow—what can be done to better the world. With the help of the ideas listed,...
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Curated OER

New Year's Resolution Flags

For Teachers Pre-K - 6th
Students make New Year's Resolutions. In this resolution lesson, students listen to the story Peace Begins with You by Katherine Sholes. They discuss different ways they can help make their world more peaceful and create a resolution flag. 
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Talking About a Resolution

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore Nobel Prize winning economist Thomas C. Schelling's strategic egonomics theory as it applies to making new year's resolutions. They make their own resolutions and develop plans to keep them using Schelling's strategies.
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Curated OER

Goals for the New Year Story Starter

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this writing worksheet, students make resolutions for the New Year by reading the story starter. Students generate the ending of the story by making goals for the year. Students illustrate their work.
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Lesson Planet Article
Curated OER

Starting the New Year on the Right Foot

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Jump start the second half of the school year with these activities.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Islamic New Year

For Students 5th - 10th
For this Islamic New Year worksheet, students complete activities such as reading a passage, phrase matching, fill in the blanks, correct words, multiple choice, spelling, sequencing, scrambled sentences, writing questions, survey, and...
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Sean Banville

New Year's Day

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Focus on a passage about the new year with your English language learners. You can start with reading the passage aloud to your class, and then launch into the related activities. Pupils match phrases, complete cloze-style activities,...
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Curated OER

New Year's Resolutions

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this holiday worksheet, students fill in 4 New Year's resolution. They write two hopes for the year, and record the best and worst of the year the just passed.
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Curated OER

New Year's Resolution Activity

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this New Year's Resolution worksheet, students write a goal and its deadline for completion, then answer a set of questions designed to help them reach their New Year's goal.
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Curated OER

Resolutions

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this New Year writing worksheet, students read the prompt that pertains to what they want to accomplish during the new year. Students write their resolutions.
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Lesson Plan
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New Year's Resolutions -Lesson plan

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students study the origins of New Year's Resolutions while practicing taking dictation and identifying interesting points in a piece that is read to them. They investigate the types of things that people resolve on the first day of the...
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Automattic

365 Days of Writing Prompts

For Students 5th - 12th
"If you could un-invent something what would it be?" "What are you more comfortable with—routine or spontaneity?" Here's a packet of one-a-day writing prompts. Although designed for fifth graders, the topics are appropriate for any grade...
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Torrey Maldonado

Anti-Bullying & Conflict-Resolution Lesson

For Teachers 6th - 10th Standards
Invite your class to consider how to respond to a conflict. Designed to be used alongside Secret Saturdays by Torrey Maldonado, a lesson plan focuses on a set of terms: conflict, escalate, deescalate, conflict resolution, denial, and...
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Curated OER

ESL Holiday Activity-New Year's Day

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this ESL holiday learning exercise, students read 2 paragraphs about New Year's Day, then complete matching, fill-in-the-blank, multiple choice, event ordering, scrambled sentence, and questioning and writing activities related to the...
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Curated OER

Time's Up

For Teachers 6th - 12th
How was your year? Create an individual timeline that document learners' personal history from the previous year. After reading an article about celebrating New Year's in Japan, pairs interview each other to gather information about...
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Curated OER

December 30th Writing Prompt

For Students 5th - 8th
In this writing prompt worksheet, students prepare for the new year. Students record their New Year's Resolutions as they set goals for the coming year.
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Curated OER

New Year Celebrations Around the World

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students share their New Year's traditions, then read a news article about how people around the world celebrate the start of a new year. For this current events lesson, the teacher introduces the article with a discussion and...
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PPT
Curated OER

Looking Ahead: Writing Prompt

For Teachers 4th
This writing prompt spans nine slides and encourages learners to discuss or write about how they feel about moving on to 5th grade. It is a great way to engage self-assessment, reflection, personal motivation, and fluid writing skills.
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Tech4Learning

Set SMART Goals

For Teachers 4th - 8th Standards
A video by Kid President kicks off a lesson about setting goals. Scholars use SMART—specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and timely—in identifying what goals or resolutions they wish to accomplish. After writing down and revising...