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Kick off the New Year with a meaningful and engaging goal-setting activity that students will love! 🎶✨ My Song for the New Year invites students to connect music, personal reflection, writing, and art as they set thoughtful goals for the year ahead. This bundle includes both a guided Google Slides lesson with step-by-step instructions and a student worksheet to support independent work—perfect for any classroom setting. Students choose a song that inspires them, select meaningful lyrics, and

Looking for a ready-to-teach lesson to guide your students through meaningful New Year goal setting? This " My Song for the New Year" Google Slides lesson provides explicit, step-by-step instruction to support students as they complete the accompanying worksheet with confidence (available as a bundle through my TPT). Designed for upper elementary learners, this lesson walks students through each section of the worksheet, models expectations, and shows teacher examples so students clearly und

I used this for an assignment during my Grade 5 First Nations & Europeans unit. This was a way to have students make connections to First Nations culture by creating a totem pole, connecting to animals and the values they hold. Make sure to use resources created my Indigenous artists, writers and creators to show students what the animals represent. Here is an example of a resource: https://michaelbellis.com/symbolism/ Rubric provided.

Here is a seasonal Math and Art activity to tie in spatial sense. Students can draw a village and provide coordinates for the different drawings (house, community centre, tree, etc. whatever they draw). Then they can provide directions from place to place (e.g. go north 2 squares, east 4 squares). This give the artistic students an opportunity to shine in math. Includes checklists/success criteria for assessment.