Description
Start the new year with energy and structure using this January Jumpstart Choice Board, designed to help students reconnect, set goals, and practice essential writing, SEL, and creative-thinking skills. Featuring nine differentiated tasks across Writing, Creative, and Challenge categories, this activity gives students choice while still providing clear expectations for meaningful work.
Students complete one writing, one creative, and one challenge activity, making this board flexible for early finishers, centers, morning meeting, ELA blocks, SPED small groups, and first-week-back routines. The tasks encourage self-reflection, organization, motivation, and independence.
What’s Included:
📝 Writing Tasks
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Goal Breakdown — Choose a goal and break it into 3 steps
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New Year Narrative — Write 4–5 sentences using first, next, then, last
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Kindness Contract — Create a classroom kindness promise
🎨 Creative Tasks
4. Design a Bookmark — Add a positive message
5. Vision Board Mini — Draw 4 pictures for your ideal year
6. Class Mascot 2025 — Draw + label 3 qualities
💡 Challenge Tasks
7. 20-Word Challenge — Positive word brainstorming
8. Puzzle Creator — Build a custom word search
9. Habit Tracker — Create a 1-week tracker and fill in 3 boxes
Why Teachers Love It:
✔ Choice-based → keeps students motivated
✔ SPED-friendly with clear directions
✔ Perfect for January routines, SEL, writing, and reflection
✔ Low-prep and print-ready
✔ Differentiated across multiple skill levels
Use it for whole-group work, independent choice time, morning tubs, early finishers, or as a fun New Year check-in.
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