This New Year's words worksheet has 2nd grade students unscramble six words built from the letters in Happy New Year, with a helpful word box. A full answer key makes checking fast and easy.
This New Years Reading Comprehension Worksheet gives 2nd graders a fun New Year’s passage plus multiple-choice, fill-in-the-blank, and short-response questions. Includes a complete answer key for quick, no-prep reading practice.
Ten, nine, eight... Happy New Year!
New Year's is a wonderful time for kids to think about time itself. They learn that a year has 12 months and 365 days, and that on January 1 the calendar starts over with a new number. Kids talk about how people celebrate around the world, from fireworks to special foods, and they learn new words like resolution, celebrate and countdown. Best of all, they look back at what they have learned and set a goal for the year ahead. Hearing a child say, "This year I want to read chapter books" is the best kind of celebration.
New Year's is perfect for reflecting and goal setting. These moves make it meaningful and fun.
Write your own New Year's resolution on the board and explain the steps to reach it. Then kids write one goal and one small step they can take this week. A step makes the goal feel real.
Why it works: handing over the work step by step, from teacher to student, is one of the most widely used teaching frameworks (Pearson and Gallagher, 1983).
Try it withNew Years Reading Comprehension WorksheetWorksheetsOpen it →Kids write about a time they were proud last year, then draw what they hope to do this year. Displaying both halves side by side makes a lovely January bulletin board.
Why it works: the U.S. Department of Education's guide for teaching elementary math recommends moving from hands-on objects to drawings to numbers.
Try it withWrite About a Time When. . . ActivityActivitiesOpen it →Use New Year's words for a quick vocabulary round. Kids read a word, use it in a sentence and act it out. "Countdown" is always the class favorite.
Why it works: pulling an answer out of memory makes it stick far better than rereading it, one of the strongest findings in learning research (Dunlosky and colleagues, 2013).
Try it withNew Year's Words WorksheetWorksheetsOpen it →A New Year's party in class gets everyone excited to come back after break.
Teacher favorites right now: New Year's Words Worksheet and New Years Reading Comprehension Worksheet.
New Year's is when the calendar starts over on January 1. It is a time to celebrate the year that ended and think about what we want to do in the new one.
A resolution is a goal for the new year, like reading more books or being kind to a new friend. For kids, it works best when the goal is small and has a clear first step.
Goal setting, writing about last year, a noon countdown, learning New Year's vocabulary and comparing celebrations around the world are all classroom favorites.
Most classrooms do them in the first week back after winter break. It is a natural time to reset routines and set goals.
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