First Day Back from Winter Break: New Year 2027 Goals Writing Activities for 2nd–5th Grade

Description

Welcome students back from winter break with no prep pages for sharing, writing and New Year goals, in two levels for grades 2 to 5. The pack starts with a teacher welcome note and a Welcome Back! page, then moves to Winter Break Highlights, Find Someone Who, Would You Rather? talk cards and a true story about their break.

The New Year goals pages help students set real goals and keep them. Happy New Year! pages come for 2027, 2028 and any year, so the pack works every January. My Best Year Yet!, a Goal Action Plan, a monthly Goal Check-In, a letter to their future self and One Word for the Year turn a resolution into a plan with a check-in. A class goals pennant and a Goal Getter award close the set.

The pack is written for every family. Prompts include every family, with no questions about gifts, and the pack works for US, Canadian and UK spelling. Level 1 supports 2nd and 3rd grade and special education and small groups, and Level 2 stretches to 4th and 5th grade. A First Week Back Plan and Teacher Notes with standards are included.

The pages are black and white on US Letter paper, and the listing states 28 pages. The grade range is 2nd through 5th grade, stated the same way in the description and the listing's Highlights field. No answer key row appears in the listing's Highlights section, and none is mentioned in the description.

What's included

Welcome back pages

• Teacher welcome note, Welcome Back! (2 levels), Winter Break Highlights (2 levels)
• Community builders: Find Someone Who (3×3 with pictures and 4×4) and 12 Would You Rather? winter talk cards
• Winter break writing: draw-and-write story (Level 1), story planner and final copy (Level 2)

New Year goals

• Happy New Year! for 2027, 2028 and any year, My New Year Goals (Level 1), My Best Year Yet! (2 levels)
• Goal setting tools: Goal Action Plan, Goal Check-In (January to June), Letter to My Future Self, One Word for the Year
• Display and celebration: class goals pennant and Goal Getter award

Teacher support

• First Week Back Plan and Teacher Notes with standards
• Prompts include every family, with no questions about gifts
• Works for US, Canadian and UK spelling
• PDF, US Letter, black and white, 28 pages in total

Ways to use it

• The first day back in January
• January morning work and writing centers
• New Year goals bulletin boards
• SEL and community building
• Sub plans and early finishers
• Special education and small groups (Level 1)

Why it works

The first day back is the hardest day to teach, and a pack that starts with sharing and ends with a real goal gives it a shape. Every family included, every spelling covered, and goals that get checked in June, not forgotten in January.

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