2019 Goals Template

Looking for a fun back-to-school activity to kick off the New Year? Try this digital Google Drawings goals template.

The idea is to take the numbers in 2019 and use them as both numbers AND letters to create four goals for the new year.

Students would identify:

2 things they would like to do, try, or read

0ne thing they would like to accomplish or stop doing

something they would like to 1earn (personal or school)

and someplace they would like to 9o, get or give this coming year

You may want to have students sketch out their ideas on scratch paper before they open up the template in Google Drawings.

I had a couple of my friends try out the template and here is what they came up with:

This is great activity to introduce students to some Google Drawing tools that could be used later in the year to create content posters.

Layers of the Atmosphere Poster

Google Drawings

I made a video explaining the project in greater detail if anyone wanted to try it before introducing it to students (which I highly recommend).

I would love to see any finished projects! I can be tagged on Twitter at @techcoachlife.

Any questions? Feel free to post them in the comments section below.

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