Happy New Year!

 

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Anyone else wishing for a brighter New Year ?

I have so many wishes

This Interactive Google Slide Resource is ideal for sharing with you class the reason for celebrating New Year, traditions and an opportunity for students to make some of their own resolutions.

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Slide One:  Informational Text...Why we celebrate the New Year...Let's Chat...This year, next year, your birthdate and age.

Slide Two:  Midnight...Click and drag to create a clock with the hands showing midnight.

Slide Three:  Traditions...What might you see, hear, taste on New Year's Eve

Slide Four:  Resolutions... List things I'm good at, things I want to get better at

Slide Five:  A review of last year, Goals for this year

Slide Six:  Let's pull it all together

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The packet contains:

3 Graphic Organizers for supporting students as they write their resolutions.

A class book cover and final write pages for students to showcase their resolutions.

A craft for posting student resolutions.

2 pieces of informational text about the New Year and its traditions. (mini book)

Graphic Organizers for collecting facts from the informational text.

A class book cover and final write pages for students to showcase what they learned.

Formative Assessment to use after reading the informational text.

Word Work: Word Search, Making Words

8 colorful vocabulary cards for posting

Math game for you math center for partners.

Literature Suggestions:

New Years

The Night Before New Year

Squirrel's New Year Resolutions

Comprehension Activities for each story

Welcome your class back and bring in the New Year!