A New Year's Goal Project

Hi Everyone!

I hope you are all enjoying your vacation. I certainly am, so much so that I forgot to come and share some thoughts with you yesterday. Ooops! My personal blog has also been neglected this last month due to fun and excitement that comes with this wonderful holiday season.I guess it is a good thing we are all getting set to make goals for the new year.

I always make personal goals for myself each year, but I also have my little firsties make goals as well. I have them write one goal and then they have to write one thing that will help them reach that goal. I want them to make the connection between setting a goal and making a change to reach that goal. We write these on a cute sheet of paper that goes along with a craft and we write them in our journals so that we can look back on them throughout the remainder of the year. The cute paper we use comes from a really simple craftivity from The Lesson Plan Diva. It is a really fun craftivity to do the first week back and it is always fun to see what they say. I have included some images from the file I use as well as a link to the packet on TpT. Have a wonderful rest of your vacation and enjoy your fist week back with your students!

My New Year's Resolution

Back-to-School With a Math About Me Project

I love getting to know my new students every year.
As a beginning of the year getting to know you activity 

I created a Math About Me Poster Project.

The kids had great fun and loved working on the project.

They took turns and presented their poster to the class for a

Speaking and Listening grade too!

I had all of the poster on display for our Curriculum Night, a couple of weeks into school.

The parents really liked them too.

Here is the bulletin board outside my classroom where I hung a few,

and here are some of the rest.

They were such a hit that I also created a project for the end of a place value unit.

Place Value Poster Project

Here are some of my favorites from the project.

Both files come with student directions and grading rubrics.  They make great project with which to decorate your classroom or display at the beginning of the year and get the kids off to a great creative start.

You can grab both of these files from my TPT store by clicking on the images.