Description
New Year’s Reading Passage Writing Prompts New Year’s Coloring: This Ultimate New Year’s Packet is a must-have for teachers looking to combine fun and learning as they welcome students back after the holidays. With a variety of activities that target reading comprehension, creative writing, critical thinking, and art, it’s perfect for keeping students engaged while reinforcing important skills.
The packet is versatile and easy to use, offering ready-to-go resources like reading passages, writing prompts, word puzzles, and creative design tasks. Plus, the included Answer Key saves you time on preparation. It’s an excellent way to inspire your students to reflect on the new year, set goals, and express their creativity—all while meeting educational standards.
Perfect for classrooms, homeschooling, or new year-themed lessons!
INCLUDED IN PACKET:
- All pages available in both color and black-and-white options
- Engaging All about New Year’s Reading Passage with Text-Dependent Questions
- True/False Questions to test comprehension
- A New Year Word Scramble and Word Search
- Creative writing activities like a New Year Acrostic, Shape Poem, and Haiku Poem
- Design Your New Year Symbol or Mascot activity
- A New Year Symbol Glyph for creative reflection
- Inspiring Writing Prompts to spark imagination
- New Year’s Coloring Pages
ALL ABOUT NEW YEAR’S PACKET IS PERFECT FOR:
- Grades 3-5: Engaging and educational activities tailored to upper elementary students.
- Back-to-School After Winter Break: Re-engage students with fun, meaningful activities that transition them smoothly into the new year.
- Morning Work or Bell Ringers: Use the activities as a warm-up to start the day with creativity and focus.
- Substitute Plans: Ready-to-use resources make it easy for substitutes to keep students on task.
- Centers or Small Group Work: Assign different activities for rotation or collaborative learning.
- Homework or Independent Work: Provide engaging tasks for students to complete at home.
- Bulletin Board Displays: Showcase student creativity with acrostic poems, shape poems, and New Year’s symbols or mascots.
- Cross-Curricular Connections: Incorporates reading, writing, art, and even social studies concepts in a single resource.
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Galarza IT –
Incredibly helpful resource, couldn’t be happier!!
Tara M. –
My students really liked using this resource this year.
Lindsay B. –
This was great for returning back from winter break!
Heidi H. –
I love reading but poetry is totally not my thing!! So this is a wonderful and much needed addtion to our homeschool! These are cute and fun for the kids and easy to print and teach for me!! Total win win!!!
Christi P. –
This is a great resource to add to our curriculum. The kids were very engaged.
Kyla D. –
This is a wonderful ELA bundle of activities for New Years!
Courtney B. –
There were so many low prep, engaging activities including. My students absolutely loved the activities and they were a wonderful way to ease them back in from winter break, while still learning.
Miss Hunt’s Creations –
great, topical and engaging activities for early finishers.
Samantha Burch –
Thank you this was perfect for extra practice with my students!
Bethany L. –
My students learned so much from these readings. I would highly recommend!
Malarie L. –
My students loved these and found them highly engaging!
Kelli C –
I LOVED this packet. I found that I was even re-learning concepts as my kids worked through these pages. The packet is excellent, well-organized and easy to use. My students were engaged while learning about fun concepts.
Sarabjit S. –
Very fun resource, my students really enjoyed it. Love the different learning opportunities in this resource.
Barbara D. –
What a fun way to ring in the new year. The different activities kept the kids interested and able to learn.
Mariah B. –
This resource was great to use as homework when the students came back from winter break!
Sharon Link –
Absolutely loved this! It kept the kids engaged and was easy to differentiate.
Fun and Fantastic in Fifth –
This was very engaging for my students and easy to prepare for instruction.
The Elementary Atelier –
Such a cute New Year resource—perfect for a coloring‑obsessed class. The pages are festive, easy to jump into, and make the activities feel more like a creative break than a typical assignment. Just a really fun activity.
Alyssa G. –
Once again, I have bought these before I had a use for them. I am still happy I did! I always buy every new $1 (on sale) resource that comes out and I have not been disappointed once!