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Winter Break Survival Kit
Help parents and children survive the long winter break with this collection of fun activities. Offering suggestions for volunteering during the holidays and making family New Year's resolutions, as well as a variety...
Kiddie Matters
Goal Setting Worksheet for Children
A one-page worksheet gives scholars the opportunity to list three goals and how they plan to accomplish them. Three questions challenge learners to reflect on their goals.
Curated OER
New Year's Resolutions
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.
Curated OER
My 2011 Resolution: Investigate Mathematics of Calendars and Fitness
Ring in the new year with interdisciplinary units related to the development of calendars and getting fit.
Curated OER
My New Year's Resolution
In this New Year's Resolution worksheet, students complete a resolution for their personal lives, their friends and family, and school. Students complete 3 resolutions.
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New Year's Resolution Activity
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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New Year's Resolutions -Lesson plan
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...
Tech4Learning
Set SMART Goals
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...
Florida Department of Education
Goal Setting and Decision-Making
Making goals is easy, but how do you achieve them? Guide young decision makers into reaching setting and reaching their goals with a step-by-step guide. After answering questions about what they'd wish for or accomplish, learners write...
Curated OER
My Favorite Story
Students discuss their favorite book. In this book discussion instructional activity, students name the title and tell what makes the book special. Students also review the setting, plot, conflict, and resolution. Students make a book...
Curated OER
How was the Constitution Used to Organize the New Government?
How did the United States Congress determine how the new president and vice president would be named when the nation was first established? Who would provide money for the government, and how would the executive branch be organized?
Scholastic
Hopes and Dreams
A lesson encourages mini scholars in setting goals. Peers share their hopes and dreams and discuss how each one adds to everyone's unique character. Class members draw themselves in a scene achieving a goal. A follow-up meeting allows...
US Institute of Peace
Effectiveness of Nonviolent Civic Action Simulation on Colombia
With new leadership comes new hope! After years of violence, the people of Colombia elect a new president ... could this mean an end to conflict? Civics scholars take part in a large group role-playing exercise designed to illustrate the...
Automattic
365 Days of Writing Prompts
"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...
Curated OER
Resolution Box
Students decorate a shoebox with New Year's decorations. In thiis art lesson, students discuss what a resolution is, write down their resolutions for the coming year, and sign a paper dating it showing when the resolution was made.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Dramatic and Theatrical Aspects in Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town”: A Common Core Exemplar
“So I’m going to have a copy of this play put in the cornerstone and the people a thousand years from now’ll know a few simple facts about us.” Our Town is used as the text in a Common Core exemplar that examines the dramatic and...
National Endowment for the Humanities
Kennewick Man: Science and Sacred Rights
"Have respect for the dead!" Scholars investigate how science and religion often clash. As they look into the laws of science and the laws of religion, the legal ramifications at the federal level of both play into an argument they...
Curated OER
Breaking News English: Huge Discounts in New Year Sales
In this English instructional activity, students read "Huge Discounts in New Year Sales," and then respond to 1 essay, 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
Curated OER
Julian Secret Agent: Commas
Your class participates in a variety of shared reading and writing activities related to the book Julian Secret Agent. They complete a class story chart, examine how to use punctuation for dialogue, write an alternative...
Curated OER
First Day in Grapes
Students read about a boy's first day in a new school. For this self-esteem lesson, students discuss the problems Chico has in his new school and how he faces them with courage and bravery. Students discuss people who migrate from other...
Curated OER
Conflict Resolution
Students demonstrate conflict resolution skills. For this character education lesson, students read the book Oh, Bother! Someone's Fighting! and sing a song which models a conflict resolution strategy.
Girl Scouts
Flag Protocol, Ceremonies and Activities
How can an American flag be displayed indoors vs. outdoors? What is proper etiquette for handling the flag? The Girls Scouts of the USA have put together a fantastic packet of information with everything you need to know...
Curated OER
New Year's Eve Phrasal Verbs
In this online interactive ESL worksheet, students respond to 15 fill in the blank questions regarding the appropriate use of phrasal verbs. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
Polar Trec
Global Snow Cover Changes
Snow is actually translucent, reflecting light off its surface which creates its white appearance. Pairs or individuals access the given website and answer questions about snow cover. They analyze graphs and charts, examine data, and...