Winter Activities and Lesson Plans - New Years Resolutions

New Year's Resolutions

"At the beginning of each new year, I discuss 'resolutions' with my language arts classes. We talk about the benefits of making long-term goals, and the advantages of planning and documenting them. I provide them with some official-looking paper and they write down their behavior and/or academic goals for the remainder of the school year (in ink, of course!) for the and then sign them with their full name. In past years, I collected the papers and returned them during the last week of school. They are good for reflection and for noting progress made. This year I think I am going to keep them in their portfolios!"
Submitted by: From Kathleen McGinley a seventh and eighth grade teacher at Park School in Alhambra, California. This idea was published in the NEA's Weekly "Works4Me" Email list.

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