8th Grade The New Year Resources

Ring in the new year with this NO PREP acrostic poem goal writing activity! Students can choose their favorite words and write their own acrostic poem on the printable template while spelling out the words HAPPY NEW YEAR. Enjoy as morning work, center activity, brain break, or for your New Year's Party!

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Directions:

• Print the template in color or black and white
• students write a word or phrase to describe what they hope the new year will bring for them or what goals they have for the new year
• In an acrostic poem, each line starts with a capital letter that spells out the poem's theme vertically
• Acrostic poems don't need to rhyme, but all the other poetic devices like alliteration, similes, and rhythm are often used to create an effect on the reader

What's included?

• 1 "Happy New Year" acrostic poem template in Color
• 1 "Happy New Year" acrostic poem template in Black and White

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Writing Resources

This Writing & Vocabulary Google Slide lesson is perfect for any language arts class grades 4th through 8th. This lesson is a great vocab for January, a reflection on the holidays, or the start of a new year.

VOCABULARY: The persuasive writing lesson includes 9 highly advanced vocabulary words with three-fold animated photo slides. These vivid slides present a bold photo, the definition and part of speech for each of these challenging new words:

1. tradition
2. obstacle
3. anticipation
4. memorable
5. reflection
6. resolution
7. countdown
8. resilience
9. festivity

WRITING: The 9 rigorous vocabulary words have been woven into three higher level writing prompts for a persuasive written response. In addition to the persuasive writing prompts, a teacher-friendly grading rubric is included; to highlight the use of the advanced vocabulary.

PRACTICE: Eight printable graphic organizers for the newly learned words are part of this lesson. They provide grammar review, grammar sort, connotation review, connotation sort, and word study exploring synonyms, antonyms etc.

ASSESSMENT: A context clue fill-in-the-blank worksheet is provided which may be used for practice or assessment. Also included, is a vocabulary Quizlet which can be used for vocabulary practice or assessment.

Please be sure to view the preview and watch the video for detailed images and descriptions of the lesson.

This lesson is also available in PowerPoint!

Cute Winter Coloring Pages for Toddler Girls and Boys!

Help your little ones celebrate Winter season with this big coloring pages that is perfect for little hands. Easy to color designs help to build fine-motor skills and hand-eye coordination.

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Great for an INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOK. Have students review the factoids about New Year's Eve Customs and then do one of the extension activities.

I also have INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOK Factoids on other topics including: pumpkins, Chinese New Year, turkeys, Diwali, mummies, Presidents, Women's history and more.

Check out my web quest on New Year's Eve and its history and customs around the world. Includes Diwali, Chinese New Year, Rosh Hashanah , Songkran and April Fool's Day(originally started over when to celebrate the New Year!) New Year's Traditions from Around the World

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This Writing & Vocabulary PowerPoint lesson is perfect for any language arts class grades 4th through 8th. This lesson is a perfect focus for January, a reflection on the holidays, or the start of a new year.

VOCABULARY: The persuasive writing lesson includes 9 highly advanced vocabulary words with three-fold animated photo slides. These vivid slides present a bold photo, the definition and part of speech for each of these challenging new words:

1. tradition

2. obstacle

3. anticipation

4. memorable

5. reflection

6. resolution

7. countdown

8. resilience

9. festivity

WRITING: The 9 rigorous vocabulary words have been woven into three higher level writing prompts for a persuasive written response. In addition to the persuasive writing prompts, a teacher-friendly grading rubric is included; to highlight the use of the advanced vocabulary.

PRACTICE: Eight printable graphic organizers for the newly learned words are part of this lesson. They provide grammar review, grammar sort, connotation review, connotation sort, and word study exploring synonyms, antonyms etc.

ASSESSMENT: A context clue fill-in-the-blank worksheet is provided which may be used for practice or assessment. Also included, is a vocabulary Quizlet which can be used for vocabulary practice or assessment.

Printable Bucket List

This bucket list is a list of 3 things you want to do in your life – students or staff will choose 3 and then share with a partner or out loud to a group. This is a great way to increase classroom community.

Use during New Year's, beginning or end of the school year, or as a fun brain break. It can also go with several stories like:

"How Full is Your Bucket" by Mary Reckmeyer

"Have You Filled a Bucket Today?" by David Messing

"Stay: A Girl, a Dog, a Bucket List" by M. Sarah Klise

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Great for an INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOK. Have students review the factoids about New Year's Eve Customs and then do one of the extension activities.

I also have INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOK Factoids on other topics including: pumpkins, Chinese New Year, turkeys, Diwali, mummies, Presidents, Women's history and more.

Check out my web quest on New Year's Eve and its history and customs around the world. Includes Diwali, Chinese New Year, Rosh Hashanah , Songkran and April Fool's Day(originally started over when to celebrate the New Year!) New Year's Traditions from Around the World

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Are you looking for a way for students to relax and be mindful in the New Year? Your students will be delighted with this fun HAPPY NEW YEAR Zentangle coloring sheet! Coloring promotes relaxation and mindfulness and gives your doodlers something to keep their hands busy with so they can better focus in class.

How to use this product:

• As a bulletin board
• For early finishers
• As a holiday gift for friends and loved ones
• As a way to relax and calm down

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• 1 Happy New Year Zentangle
• Terms of Use

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Happy New Year Gratitude Activity - No prep printable

This is a one page printable gratitude activity with a Happy New Year theme. Students name and write something they’re grateful for that starts with each letter of the words Happy New Year.

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French New Year Activity - Après les Fêtes - No prep printable - Nouvel An

This is a one page printable fill in the blanks activity with an Après les Fêtes theme. Students read the text and fill in the blanks with personal answers.

As an example, here is the first sentence: La Veille du Jour de l’An, j’ai passé la soirée avec _____________ et je me suis couché(e) à ____________.

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French New Year - Nouvelle Année Gratitude Activity - No prep printable

This is a one page printable gratitude activity with a French New Year - Nouvelle Année theme. Students name and write something they’re grateful for that starts with each letter of the words Nouvelle Année.

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Help students to manage goal setting and meeting goals with the Resolution Sheet and Resolution Calendar. Students choose their resolutions, think about results, list steps to achieve their goals, set time frames, and track their progresses. Great for motivating students to improve behaviors, grades, exercises, etc... Includes directions for use.

Kickstart the new year with this New Year’s Goals One-Pager Activity, perfect for middle and high school students! This engaging and creative resource helps students set meaningful goals, both academic and personal, while fostering critical thinking and self-reflection. The activity includes sections for:

• Goal setting with actionable steps.
• Motivational quotes or affirmations.
• A visually appealing action plan diagram.
• Creative doodling to inspire personal expression.

Designed to promote organization, creativity, and goal-oriented learning, this resource is perfect for ELA classrooms, advisory periods, or SEL activities.

Students roll the dice to unravel a magical and exciting tapestry of settings, protagonists, antagonists, conflicts, and New Year's Eve-themed elements, igniting creativity and narrative fluency! Perfect for narrative writing units, centers, daily writing, public speaking practice, winter centers, Fun Friday, and more!

What's Included

• A PowerPoint with 1 unique board
• 1 editable Roll a Story Board
• A QR code on the storyboard that leads to digital dice (so no dice needed, just devices!)
• Vocabulary page
• Writing page

Story Elements

• Setting (examples: time-traveling carnival ride, hidden rooftop where enchanted fireworks reveal the future, Grandfather Clock that contains a door to a hidden kingdom)

• Protagonists (examples: clockmaker’s apprentice with powers to freeze time, confused alien who visits earth on New Year’s Eve, boy or girl who tries to complete all their resolutions for New Year’s Eve)

• Conflict (examples: is hypnotized by, is captured by, is manipulated by)

• Antagonists (examples: resolution fairy who grants bad New Year’s wishes, an angry fortune teller, The Ghost of Resolutions Past)

• New Year's Eve Elements (examples: ancient time capsule frozen in a glacier, a mystical hourglass, magical party hat that gives the wearer powers)

Get your secondary ELL students speaking and writing about New Years with these engaging task cards!

This resource includes:

• 8 debate card printables
• 8 cards with writing supports for speaking and written responses
• Engaging topics and visuals for secondary ELLs

New Year Bucket List worksheet gives upper elementary and middle school students the ability to fill in year long goals in a fun way. They brainstorm four things to eat this year, four places to visit, four people to see, and more. Also included is a coloring sheet featuring the year. The years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 are included right now and this product will updated with future years. Future years can be downloaded for free after purchase. Buy now and use year after year!

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Increase student engagement and writing skills during the winter season with these 15 no-prep and New Year 's-themed finish-the-story editable narrative writing prompts! These digital prompts provide easy writing activities, collaboration, and public speaking practice, are great for daily writing or journaling, and more!

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What's included:

5 finish the story writing prompts!

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1 editable directions slide

1 editable finish the story template

Directions:

• Print and laminate OR project on the screen.
• Allow students to choose a prompt OR have one picked for each day.
• Once students respond to the prompt they can practice public speaking skills by presenting their stories to the class or to small groups.

Sample Slide:

The sky was bursting with a rainbow of fireworks, and the joyful chorus of cheers echoed through the air. My family and I banded together to ring in the new year. Suddenly an eerie realization dawned on us - the clock's hands were beginning to move backward...

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Use this no-prep digital holiday game as an icebreaker, brain break, morning meeting activity or New Year's party game to help your students bring in the new year! This New Year's Emoji Pictionary Game will have your students eagerly using emojis to guess the New Year's phrases they represent. For example, a party hat that is combined with a clock emoji translates to "party time."

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What's Included:

• 10 Emoji picture guessing slides
• 10 Answer slides (one behind each guessing slide)
• Editable Emoji slide template so you can add your own phrases
• Directions Slide
• Editable Directions Slide

How to play:

• Present the emoji puzzle slide Encourage students to guess the New Year's phrases based on the emoji pictures given
• Consider allowing students to work independently or in groups to compete and see who can identify the most emoji phrases
• Reveal the answers by transitioning to the next slide

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New Year's Write the Room: Celebrate the New Year with this engaging printable write-the-room activity! Use this writing activity in your AVID classroom, ELA, or any content area. This activity features 8 unique labels you can display around your room, each representing a letter to spell out "New Year." These labels come with thought-provoking prompts that encourage students to reflect on their goals and aspirations for the upcoming year. The recording sheet allows students to organize and document responses. Make the transition into the New Year a memorable one!

Directions:
Students will complete the New Year’s prompts around the room and record their responses on the provided recording sheet.

What's Included:

• 8 classroom labels each representing a letter to spell out "New Year" with prompts that encourage students to reflect on their goals and aspirations for the upcoming year.
• A recording sheet with a chart where students write their responses next to the corresponding letter.

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Celebrate the start of the year with the short story The Clock of Second Chances. This resource combines reading comprehension, vocabulary development, and creative writing activities. Perfect for sub plans, lesson planning, guided reading and building comprehension and vocabulary skills!

What’s Included

**The Short Story:**A heartwarming tale of Leo, a young man given the chance to repair a broken friendship through the magic of a mysterious grandfather clock that rewinds time on New Year’s Eve.

**Vocabulary Awareness Activity: **A pre-reading vocabulary chart featuring key terms such as "peculiar," "reconciliation," and "sincere." Students assess their familiarity with each word, define them in their own words, and enhance their understanding of the story’s language.

**Comprehension Questions (with Answer Key): **Questions designed to encourage deep thinking and analysis, including:

• Symbolism and Theme Analysis
• Character Motivation and Growth
• Setting and Atmosphere
• Ethical Reflection and Personal Connection
• Creative Writing Prompts

**Answer Key for Teachers: **Detailed answers to all comprehension questions, facilitating discussions and streamlining grading.

Learning Objectives:

• Build and enhance vocabulary knowledge.
• Analyze characters, themes, and literary devices.
• Foster creative writing and reflective thinking.

Usage:

• Ideal for whole-class instruction, small groups, or independent reading assignments.
• Perfect for middle school ELA or upper elementary enrichment activities.
• Printable and classroom-ready for ease of use.

Start the New Year with a story that inspires, teaches, and engages!