New Year Goal Setting: My One Word 2027 Pennants & Word of the Year Tracker for Grades 1–8

Description

This goal-setting kit gives every student one word for 2027 and a pennant to write it on. The twelve My One Word 2027 pennants carry the words Brave, Kind, Focus, Joy, Grow, Calm, Lead, Shine, Hope, Try, Dream and Learn, and ten decorate-only pennants plus MY ONE WORD and 2027 letter pennants let the class build a full display. The kit is written for grades 1 to 8, with writing at three levels, so the same pennant fits a 1st grader and an 8th grader.

The writing is the work, not the decoration. Level 1 gives a drawing box and four rows of three-line paper with traced sentence starters. Level 2 gives a sentence starter and eight lines. Level 3 gives twelve lines and two prompts. Three prompts in total carry the writing, and a 60-word bank on one page gives children words to choose from when they cannot think of their own.

Two word searches with an answer key on one page give the kit a quiet activity for early finishers, and two writing pages — My Word for 2027 and My One Word — let children write about their word in full. Four tracker pages carry the word through the year: a monthly tracker for all twelve months with one to five stars, and a three-level tracker.

The finished pennants hang on a bulletin board, and the trackers stay in a folder or notebook where children can look back at their word each month. The kit works for January goal setting, as a first-week-back activity, as a New Year bulletin-board display, for writing and word choice, for tracking one word all year, and in centers and for early finishers.

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What's included

Pennants

• 12 My One Word 2027 pennants: Brave, Kind, Focus, Joy, Grow, Calm, Lead, Shine, Hope, Try, Dream, Learn
• 10 decorate-only pennants
• MY ONE WORD and 2027 letter pennants

Writing and word work

• 3 writing levels for the pennants: Level 1 with a drawing box and 4 rows of 3-line paper with traced sentence starters
• Level 2 with a sentence starter and 8 lines; Level 3 with 12 lines and 2 prompts; 3 prompts in total
• A 60-word bank (1 page)
• 2 word searches with an answer key (1 page)
• 2 writing pages: My Word for 2027 and My One Word

Trackers and format

• 4 tracker pages: a monthly tracker for all 12 months (1–5 stars) and a 3-level tracker
• 2 teacher pages and 4 student pages
• PDF, US Letter, black and white, single PDF
• 41 pages in total

Ways to use it

• January goal setting
• A first-week-back activity
• A New Year bulletin-board display
• Writing and word choice
• Tracking one word all year
• Centers and early finishers

Why it works

One word is a goal a child can actually remember in March. The pennant makes the word visible on the wall, the writing levels make the thinking real, and the monthly tracker keeps the word alive all year instead of letting it fade by February.

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