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The Five Book, "Where will you be five years from today?" By Dan Zadra  is the perfect book to read with the New Year approaching.  A good friend of mine named Lucy gave this book to me a few years ago.  (She has a fantastic blog called Lucy's Inspired.)  I've been re-reading the "5" book during Christmas break to re-inspire myself and I definitely did.  Now that I'm inspired I've got to figure out which zillion things I'd like to work on this new year.  I'm going to reflect a bit more and get back with that list.

Here's a page view from the 5 book.  

Another inspiring book is "Ever Wonder" by Kobi Yomada. 

 This book asks thought provoking questions that encourages internal reflection.

Kobi also wrote the "She" book that I adore.
This book builds women up and leaves you feeling that you can do anything.

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Goal Setting for the New Year

It's that time of the year for reflection and setting goals for the future.  I wanted to involve my students in the yearly tradition of making "New Year's Resolutions."  

But first I had to do some reading and  figure out how to explain what a resolution is to a five year old. 

 This is what I came up with.  

 I also want to help the students set goals when we go back to school.   

I concluded the lesson plan with brainstorming activities that I hope will encourage the children to think of things that they want to improve upon at home and at school.  

The 79 page lesson is on SALE at TPT.    

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•79 pages

•New Year’s Book sung to the tune of

• “Camp Town Lady”

•New Year’s Information Book explaining  Resolutions and Goals in Kid Friendly Terms

•Goal Setting Guides for Reading ,Math, Behavior and Home

•Student Booklet for Self Reflection

•Reflection pages on good things that happened in 2012

•Home and School Chart Labels for Whole Group Brainstorming Activity

•Number Word Practice Printables for Counting Backwards from 10 to 0 and writing

•Graphic Organizers for Home and School on Goal Planning

•Graphic organizer for New Year Information Learned

•Addition and Subtraction Anchor Charts

•Student Goal Setting Sheet

•Pre-Primer and Primer Dolch Card Game

•Dolch Check sheet for data keeping

•Days of the Week Center

•Days of the week student  work printables

•Counting by 10’s Card Order Center

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Christmas Ornaments Math Lesson

I added some ornament  math cards that I think will help out with this game.  You can download this activity from Teachers Pay Teachers by clicking here

Gingerbread Man House

Today was Mrs.Barber's last day for her internship. We are definitely going to miss her. Happy Graduation Mrs. Barber! Congratulations!

She created this GREAT Gingerbread Man house onto one of our walls in the classroom.

The children painted Gingerbread Men with watered down brown tempera paint and glued rick rack onto their arms.

The next day after the Paint had dried we went back and drew the details onto them and glued on wiggly eyes.

 

They turned out to be really cute. The children did a really good job.

 

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