A New Year? A New Opportunity!

A New Year? A New Opportunity!

It's a new year!

It's a chance for a whole new outlook!
It's the time of year when people make new goals and resolutions—it's time for a fresh start!
A New Year? A New Opportunity! Here are some ideas for making the brand new year even better with the class you've been teaching this school year!

Many schools have been out for close to a couple of weeks.

We all know that the children have been "checked out" for a lot longer than that.

That means it's a good time to review and introduce new procedures. You may have noticed that their behavior at centers has been a bit "iffy." You may have noticed they're no longer lining up quietly. You may have noticed their use of computers and devices is no longer careful. This is a good time to review all these procedures. Here are some ideas on reintroducing procedures.

Tips for Teaching Procedures

ips for Teaching Procedures: Here are three tips to help set expectations for procedures at the beginning of the school year!

I make this promise at the beginning of every school year. It's also not a bad one to introduce at the beginning of the new year!

My First Day of School Promise!

My First Day of School Promise: Ever since I can remember, I've made this promise to my students on the first day of school. It's a win-win!

Resolutions! Are they worth it, or just a setup for future failure? That's a philosophical question I have no intention of answering, but a resolution to be happy is a good one. It's doable, and can be shared with your students! (Plus, these are research-based ways to be happy, AND, there's a freebie attached!)

15 Ways to Be Happy!

15 Ways to Be Happy - Do you want to be happy? Do you want your students to be happy? Here are some researched strategies!

After a nice break and a rethink of procedures and behaviors, they'll be ready to learn again! Some of your students might not have been ready for these resources when they first arrived in your classroom, but I'll bet they're stronger readers, writers, and thinkers, and are more than ready to learn now!

Here are a couple of things they might be ready for now that they couldn't handle earlier in the year:


Here are a few more resources your students might enjoy for the month of January:

January Resources

January Resources: books, videos, and resources for teachers for the month of January including winter, science, social studies, and Martin Luther King Jr.

How are you handling this new opportunity of a brand-new year?

A New Year? A New Opportunity! Here are some ideas for making the brand new year even better with the class you've been teaching this school year!


A New Year? A New Opportunity!
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