{"id":1962,"date":"2014-01-06T11:36:20","date_gmt":"2014-01-06T11:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.andersons.com\/?p=1962"},"modified":"2023-01-26T16:12:58","modified_gmt":"2023-01-26T16:12:58","slug":"reward-students-who-reach-their-new-years-resolutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.itselementary.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/reward-students-who-reach-their-new-years-resolutions\/","title":{"rendered":"Reward Students Who Reach Their New Year\u2019s Resolutions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.itselementary.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/160-20-grad-55521.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2004 alignleft\" alt=\"160-20-grad-555\" src=\"http:\/\/www.itselementary.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/160-20-grad-55521.jpg\" width=\"255\" height=\"382\" \/><\/a>As a middle school educator, you can use the new year of 2014 as a unique opportunity in your character education class or unit. Have each student make a New Year\u2019s resolution, write it down, and post it on your classroom bulletin board. Here are some New Year\u2019s resolution ideas below you can use as examples for your students:<\/p>\n<p><b>1. \u201cI will stop procrastinating.\u201d <\/b><\/p>\n<p>(e.g., doing homework at a set time every day, doing chores when asked)<\/p>\n<p><b>2. \u201cI will keep a calendar to stay organized.\u201d <\/b><\/p>\n<p>This is a great resolution for students involved in activities.<\/p>\n<p><b>3. \u201cI will exercise more.\u201d <\/b><\/p>\n<p>Getting up and moving help kids stay focused and will lead to better grades<\/p>\n<p><b>4. \u201cI will get more sleep.\u201d <\/b><\/p>\n<p>Kids who don\u2019t study late into the night may see a boost in their grades because they are well rested.<\/p>\n<p><b>5. \u201cI will break my social media habit.\u201d <\/b><\/p>\n<p>Twitter, Facebook and Instagram are big distractions for middle school kids during study time.<\/p>\n<p><b>6. \u201cI will volunteer more.\u201d <\/b><\/p>\n<p>Helping out in their community will increase students\u2019 self-confidence.<\/p>\n<p>Once all of your students\u2019 resolutions are posted, stock up on<a href=\"http:\/\/www.andersons.com\/School-Awards\/Student-Recognition\/Certificates\"> Achievement Certificates<\/a>. When one of your students accomplishes their resolution, reward him or her with a certificate. Receiving a tangible award for a resolution (and we all know they can be difficult) is not only a great morale booster, but it shows students the value of setting goals. While a sense of self-satisfaction is wonderful, middle school students usually benefit when their efforts are recognized and rewarded.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.andersons.com\/School-Awards\/Student-Recognition\">Shop for Certificates and other achievement awards now<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a middle school educator, you can use the new year of 2014 as a unique opportunity in your character<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,19],"tags":[134,344],"class_list":["post-1962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-awards-recognition","category-middle-school","tag-classroom-ideas","tag-new-years-resolutions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itselementary.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1962"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itselementary.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itselementary.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itselementary.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itselementary.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1962"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.itselementary.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1962\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5922,"href":"https:\/\/www.itselementary.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1962\/revisions\/5922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itselementary.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itselementary.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itselementary.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}