Hey y'all!
It has been a hot minute. In the past year, I started a new job as a High School math teacher. I teach Algebra 1 & Math for College Readiness (a Florida class for high schoolers who need a 4th math and do not want to take pre-calculus, essentially).
I went back to school today, but I wanted to share with you this simple activity that I used with my high schoolers to share about their break and their new year. I gave it to them digitally via Canvas, and had some paper copies available for students as well.
Anyways, my goal was for this to be bell work basically, so I only wanted them to take a few minutes to complete this. The front page has them set goals in 4 different categories:
- Educational: What kind of goals do you have for school/your future education? (ex. complete all homework, get a better grade, apply to colleges, pass this class, etc.)
- Kindness: What can you do this year to show kindness to those around you?
- Social: You are the top 5 people you surround yourself with. Who are you surrounded by? Are they making you better? How can you make those around you better?
- Personal: What are you going to do this year to make yourself better? (ex. fitness, healthy eating, driving safer, sleeping more, etc.)
The back page was blank except for "Winter Break 2018" on the back. I allowed them to share with me anything that they would like about their break. Some talked about their Christmas gifts, while some shared about their travels. Some told me how they stayed up late every night playing fort nite, and others told me about their friends, family and meals. I let them share with words or pictures, as long as they shared something.
And that was it. It was an easy activity that kept my students engaged and allowed them to share about their break before we jumped into multiplying and dividing decimals.
If you want to use this in your classroom, you can find it here as a freebie in my TpT store.
Happy New Year,
Hilary
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