Speaking of New Year's Resolutions...
In January, my student's work on planning a New Year's Resolution at school and finalize their choice at home for the January home project. We connect New Year's Resolutions to our Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr study by focusing on making goals and planning ways to make those goals happen.
How exactly do you teach Kinders to make a realistic goal?
- I start this project by reading Squirrel's New Year's Resolution. We 'stop and talk' after almost every page quickly asking if Squirrel had figured out a New Year's Resolution yet.
- After the read aloud explain to students how New Year's Resolutions help people be kinder, more helpful, and/or get better at something. Have your students turn and talk about things they want to learn/do this year and have a few students share out ideas when they turn back.
- Show students the following paper (this link is being fixed). Students should each pick two goals. I use two versions of this paper to allow differentiation between my students. The idea is that students each brainstorm two goals which they will take home and select from with their families.
- The family home project connection for this project is using this paper. Students work with their family to pick one of the two goals from their brainstorm. Families should talk about how their Kinder can accomplish their goal and how their family can support them.
When family home projects return to school (I always leave a week for families to work on these projects) students take turns sharing what they worked on. Sharing family home projects allows students an opportunity to connect family work with school work. I also feel that by being clear with the families that the projects get shared, more families work on completing these projects.
Happy Resolution Planning!
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