Tried It Tuesday {New Year's Resolutions}

I always love having an extra day off and, after a difficult weekend for our family, the time was much appreciated.  My father-in-law lost his battle to cancer Saturday night.  He was only 59 years young and this has been a trying time for the family.  Thankfully, we only live about 40 miles from the in-laws.  This will be a difficult week but we are blessed to have the love and support of our family and friends.  Moving on to happier topics...

It's time for another Tried It Tuesday! :)
What have you tried recently at school or home?

My Tried It:

Class New Year's Resolutions
Last week I was finally able to try out this Happy New Year Pack by my BBB, Joanne at Head Over Heels for Teaching!  With the three snow days, we had only been "back in school" for six days, so although it is now January 21st, it is not too late to have your class make some New Year's Resolutions too!

Since my schedule is pretty tight with teaching three different classes of ELA each day, I don't get much down time with my homeroom.  I had a chance to spend some extra time with my homeroom when they missed their whole class guidance time due to our guidance counselor being out for the day. This was perfect because Joanne's New Year's Resolution activities incorporated character education in a fun, engaging way!  The students LOVED coming up with their resolutions, talking to me about them, and sharing them with the class!

 "My New Year's Resolution is to start a You-Tube Channel.  I would entertain people with my videos!"

"My New Year's Resolution is to get better at swim and dive. I can help my mom do chores and clean the windows.  I also want to get better at basketball."

"My New Year's Resolution is to not always have fights with my brother."

"I want to do more activities outdoors with my friends, instead of staying inside watching T.V."

 "My New Year's Resolution is to not call my sister names and be nice to her."

 I don't typically make New Year's Resolutions myself, but I am always setting new goals throughout the year.  I did post about some blogging resolutions here.  If you follow my blog, you'll know that I have talked about my kickboxing and karate classes that I LOVE.  It is rough on my body at times and I endured this injury to my pinky toe on Saturday morning. :(  It caught the mat just right when we were working on grappling moves.  I have been following R.I.C.E. as much as possible!

I am not sure if it is broken but I haven't worn "real" shoes yet.  It will be an interesting task figuring our what to wear to work on my feet.  Flip flops would be okay if I didn't have to walk in the snow.  Haha!