NEW YEAR NEW ME MASK | Past and Future Self Character Analysis SEL Art Activity

Help students reflect and set goals with this no-prep, easy-to-use New Year New Me Mask Art SEL Project! This activity allows students to reflect on things and character traits they'd like to change from their past as well as goals they'd like to accomplish in their future. Sheets are included for students to create the mask about themselves OR a character from a story or novel. They will then create a mask that represents their past and future self (or character)! They can either color a paper mask OR create a paper mâché version. This helps turn these abstract concepts into an activity that is high-interest, easy to understand, and memorable!

This New Year New Me Mask Activity Includes 20 NO PREP, easy-to-use pages:

•Page 1: Suggested Teacher Instructions (Included links to personality tests)

•Pages 2-3: Self Mask Brainstorm Sheets in 2 formats (T Chart and Venn Diagram)

•Pages 4-5: Character Mask Brainstorm Sheets in 2 formats (T Chart and Venn Diagram)

•Page 6: Example Brainstorm Sheet

•Page 7: Planning Sheet

•Page 8: Past/Future of Me Mask Directions with pictures

•Page 9: Example Me Mask

•Page 10: Color Representation Sheet

•Pages 11-14: 4 Mask Templates

•Pages 15-18: Reflection Sheets (2 versions...fill-in-the-blank and paragraph form)

•Pages 19-20: Rubric (2 options)

This simple format makes it applicable for 3rd-12th grade students...and beyond! This All About Me Art can be used in any school subject as a New Year's Activity, Get to Know You Activity at Back to School Time, Back to School display, Open House display, hallway display, or wonderfully colorful classroom display that makes students feel at home in your classroom!

This Past & Future Me Mask Helps You:

•Quickly see students’ goals throughout the year

•Get to know your students and show them you care about them as a person!

•Integrate SEL into your classroom in a simple way that helps your instruction throughout the year

•Create a positive classroom culture

•Collect documentation on students

•Show evidence of differentiation in your classroom

•Help students understand themselves better

•Integrate Goal Setting into your classroom

•Integrate Art into your classroom

Ways to Use...with students, staff, and friends!

•New Year's Resolutions

•Beginning of Year Get to Know You Activity

•Binder Cover

•Cubby Cover

•Bulletin Board Display

•Back to School Display

•Open House Display

•Thematic unit

•Halloween

•Social-Emotional Learning (SEL)

•Data notebook

•Professional Staff Development

•Advisory meetings

•Specials classes

•Counseling group

•Afterschool club

•Summer camp program

•With your family and friends!

•Just for fun!

Related Resources

Check out the “New Year's” section of the Megan Memories store for these related resources:

New Year, Goal Setting, & Resolution Activities:

• One Word Resolutions
• New Year’s vs. Chinese (Lunar) New Year One Day Research
• Vision Board: Canva
• Vision Board: Digital (PowerPoint & Google Slides)
• Vision Board: Poster
• Vision Board BUNDLE (Canva, Poster, PowerPoint, Google Slides)
• Zentangle One Word
• Two Voice Poetry: Past and Future Self
• New Year New Me Mask
• History of New Year’s Resolutions Reading Comprehension
• FREEBIE: New Year’s Writing Papers

New Year Bulletin Boards:

• Watch Us Soar in 2024 Bulletin Board
• Soar Into a New Year Bulletin Board
• Let’s Do a Latte Bulletin Board
• Let’s Learn a Latte Bulletin Board
• New Year New Me Bulletin Board
• Putting on a New Year Bulletin Board

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