Are you ready for the new year? I am! I’m planning to dive head-first into 2025!
A Sale For the New Year
Check out this hashtag sale, #NY2025, on TPT to snag some fabulous dollar deals! What better way to get excited about teaching and learning in 2025?
The last time I checked, there were over 1,800 resources listed. But hurry because these deals are only available on December 31, 2024, and January 1, 2025.
With so many resources to choose from, you’ll want to use the categories at the top of your TPT screen to narrow down your search by grade level and subject area.
You’ll find two of my resources listed in this sale. My Addition Facts to 20 Addition Strategy Math Posters is a year-round seller. Roll and Read Consonant Blends and Digraphs is a newer resource that will give your kindergarten, first, and second-grade students the repeated practice they need to read 119 short vowel high-frequency words.
Check out these blog posts for more resources, ideas, and freebies related to addition facts, repeated reading, and consonant blends and digraphs.
- Addition Facts (site search for posts)
- 6 Cool Penguin Resources to Energize Your Math
- Do You Want to Know All About Rapid Word Recognition Charts?
- How to Address the Challenge of Consonant Digraphs
An Updated New Year’s Freebie for You
The year on this freebie has been changed to 2025.
I’ve never succeeded at making or keeping New Year’s resolutions. Have you? Here’s a free print-and-go resource that’s a little different.
The focus is on anticipating the possibilities a new year offers. I’m all for instilling a little hope for a better future right now.
Try this activity with children of various ages, at home or at school. The clipart and prompts are geared toward children, but the activity is suitable for all ages. The youngest can dictate their responses. You can also have children choose to respond to just 3 to 5 prompts or to complete them over more than one session.
Simply download, print, and provide writing tools.
Then, do a little brainstorming and you’re all set.
Use the first word as a prompt to complete the phrase in a way that’s meaningful for you. For example, my eight-year-old grandson might finish “See” with “The Grand Canyon”.
Here are a few of my possibilities for 2025.
- Make a quilt.
- Eat healthy.
- Be patient.
- Try to walk even farther.
- Learn more about teaching writing skills and decoding multisyllabic words.
Ah… the possibilities are wide-ranging!
Click the highlighted words to download your free copy of A New Year of Possibilities.
My hopes are for a healthy and forward-looking new year for everyone!
I’d love to hear from you! Pick a prompt and share how you would complete it in the comments below.
Photo in title image by Tigerpix LLC.
Thank you!!1
My pleasure!