New Year's Resolutions

As many of us do when the new year begins, we made New Year’s resolutions in fourth grade. After a discuss about what a New Year’s resolution was, we took time brainstorming different aspects of life we wanted to improve during the year. During this time a few students brought up that fact that many adults break their New Year’s resolutions soon after the year starts. This was a great opportunity to bring students together to talk about breaking New Year’s resolutions. Our discussion focused on the fact that “breaking” a New Year’s resolution wasn’t giving up or quitting on a goal for the year, but that it was simply a mistake and mistakes happen. We discussed further that what was more important was getting back on track with your goal and continuing to pursue it.

After our discussion, students came up with two New Year’s resolutions, one academic and one personal. Students record their resolution on a party hat that will be displayed in the classroom. Students shared their resolutions with their teammates and discussed ideas of how they were going to meet their New Year’s resolution. I’ll be checking in with students as we move through the remainder of the year on how they are continuing to work towards achieving their New Year’s resolutions.