Less than $5 Homeschool The New Year Independent Work Packet

Do you need engaging brain breaks? This single-page listening activity is great for celebrating the New Year or for adding to your January sub plans. Just print and play! The music is available on YouTube or your favorite streaming services.

While listening, students color the scene and choose the keywords/elements that resonate with their listening experience. There are also blank lines for writing in additional keywords. Students often engage in discussions about what they've heard or felt. Great for displaying!

Featured Music

Fantasia on Auld Lang Syne - Ernest Tomlinson

Learning Objectives

• increased knowledge of the composition
• familiarity with the composer's works
• ability to recognize, and engage with, popular pieces of classical music
• identify different instrument sounds
• social-emotional exploration of feelings and moods within classical music
• creative expression by drawing and choosing colors related to a musical theme

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Teacher Appreciation Week: This pack is the perfect way for your students to show appreciation to all the hardworking staff members in their school. With 26 fun creative writing prompts, your students can write thank you letters to teachers, school counselors, principals, school nurses, librarians and staff members. The writing prompts come in both color and black and white print, making it easy for teachers to print and distribute them to their students. These prompts encourage your students to think creatively and express their gratitude towards all the staff members who make their school a safe and nurturing environment. This pack is perfect for teachers looking to promote a positive and appreciative culture within their classrooms and schools.

This pack has a letter template for:

• Teachers,
• School counselors,
• Principals,
• Assistant principals,
• School nurses,
• Librarians,
• Technology specialists,
• School psychologists,
• Therapists,
• School social workers,
• Instructional aides,
• Cafeteria workers,
• Bus drivers,
• Crossing guards,
• Security personnel,
• Administrators,
• Maintenance staff, cleaning staff, janitors,
• Sport coaches,
• Music, Art, Language teachers,
• Career counselor, Guidance counselors,
• Special Education and Religious teachers.

Here are some suggestions for how you can use the Staff Appreciation Pack - Writing Prompts:

1. Writing activities: You can assign different writing prompts from the pack to your students as a class activity or homework assignment.
2. Bulletin board display: Create a Thank You bulletin board display in your classroom or school. Encourage your students to decorate their letters and post them on the display for all staff members to see.
3. Collaborative project: Create a collaborative project where each student in the class writes a thank you letter to a different staff member. They can then compile all the letters and create a bound book or display them in a special way as a gift to the staff members being thanked.
4. Staff appreciation event: Use the Staff Appreciation Pack - Writing Prompts as part of a larger staff appreciation event. Invite staff members to a special event where they can receive the thank you letters from your students, along with other gifts and tokens of appreciation.

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Happy New Years!

Download this New Years FREEBIE for your small group math and independent work stations! This NO PREP file folder game includes 10 counting problems up to 10!

This resource is perfect for students in autism unit and MD classrooms as the return back to school from winter break.

Simply:

• print single sided in color
• glue one match to a file folder
• laminate the remaining set
• use velcro to create match game

Easily engage your young learners and use this resource for years to come!

Save your prep time and grab this FREE winter file folder game today!

I used this resource with one of my guided reading groups. They completed the packet as they read the story "Calendar Mysteries January Joker #1" by Ron Roy. If they finished they could choose from the extra activities. Answer key is included!

Lexile: 550L

Guided Reading Level: N

AR Level: 2.9

AR Quiz Number: 134713

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