A new year is a natural time to stop, look ahead and pick something to work on. Older students can plan a goal in small steps, decide how they will know they reached it, and check on it as the weeks go by. Keeping the plan and the letter until June turns it into something to look back on.
Five pages on notebook lines. Page 1 is a goal plan: the goal, why it matters, three steps, who can help, how I will know and when I will check. Page 2 is a January tracker laid out from the real calendar. Page 3 is a letter to myself to open in June, page 4 an opinion on New Year's resolutions, and page 5 a habit to start and one to stop.
Share a goal of your own first, and talk about the difference between a wish and a goal you can work on. Keep the goal plans and letters in an envelope, and hand them back in June to read and talk about how the year went.
Pick a family goal together, such as reading a book each week or a walk after dinner, and color the calendar together as you go.
A full goal plan for the new year, with a tracker, a letter to open in June and an opinion on resolutions. Students plan a goal step by step, decide how they will know they reached it, track it through January, argue whether New Year's resolutions are a good idea and reflect on their habits.
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