New Year Goal-Setting Bell Ringer
A five-minute January warm-up with a sentence frame that forces real goals: "By June, I will ___ by doing ___ every week."
- Best time
- January
- Format
- Timed warm-ups students start the moment class begins
- Cost
- Free — no student accounts
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New Year Goal-Setting Bell Ringer
A five-minute January warm-up with a sentence frame that forces real goals: "By June, I will ___ by doing ___ every week."
What's inside this bell ringer
Write ONE goal for this year using this exact frame: "By June, I will ___ by doing ___ every week." Then write one sentence about what might get in your way, and one sentence about your plan when it does.
Teacher tips
The frame bans vague goals ("get better at math") by requiring a measurable outcome AND a weekly action.
Save these and return them in June. Students are stunned by their own January selves.
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Is this activity free?
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