These all about me, back to school art activities for kids are engaging icebreakers. Encourage creativity and build community during the first week back

FREE End of School coloring page makes a wonderful keepsake recording all your child's school favorites plus a self-portrait on the last school day.

As the year winds down and we've finished most of our "have to" curriculum, it's time to do some activities just for the fun of it, like a memory book.

Memory wheels are a great end of school year activity for upper elementary and middle school students. Learn about memory wheel templates.

An engaging back-to-school writing activity. Use Skittles to help students brainstorm things to introduce themselves during back-to-school.

These all about me, back to school art activities for kids are engaging icebreakers. Encourage creativity and build community during the first week back

Memory wheels are a great end of school year activity for upper elementary and middle school students. Learn about memory wheel templates.

The end of the year brings testing, finishing up grades, field days, assemblies, and more! Between all of this (plus exhaustion!) it can get hard to continually create engaging lesson plans. Having low-prep, meaningful end

I finally pulled myself out of my “creative slump” and came up with an end of the year FREEBIE to share. I think it was the excitement of me getting to go back next week that sparked it. I cannot wait to hang with my little darlin’ babes and this seemed like a perfect activity

Free School Year Reflections printable from Laura Candler! A quick, easy, and fun way for students to reflect on what they've learned and how they've grown during the school year.

A list of fantastic end of the year activities for creating a relaxing, yet fun and memorable ending to your school year.

These all about me, back to school art activities for kids are engaging icebreakers. Encourage creativity and build community during the first week back

It's time for a fun end of year writing activity for students to reflect on their year of experiences while you start packing up your classroom.

Our Kindergarten teachers approached me with a request for an art project for the back cover of their memory books. The kids have filled out pages in their memory books all year and they wanted a colorful back cover. I found a fun and easy way to make fingerprint art on the Frogs Snails and Puppy Dog Tails blog. Then, we used a great end of year poem by Helen H. Moore. We started by dripping water in pans of … Read more... →

FREE End of Year Memory Book with 3 Student Writing Templates and a Free-Writing Page! Your students will love this end of year activity!

End of the school year activities for students to reflect back on the year with their class community leading up to the last day of school.

The Pigeon has to go to school and he's not happy about it! In fact, he's worried. Help kids kick their first-day fears with these fun ideas!

This printable end of the year memory book is the perfect activity for kids. Help them countdown the end of the school year with this fun and reflective idea. With 40 pages included, you can pick and choose what pages work for your elementary classroom.

All About My Summer : Last Day of School/ End of Year & Back to School Activity Great way to close out the end of school, kick off summer break OR back to school/ begin the year! UPDATE: Now includes UK/AUS Spelling Option 2 TYPES: Before Summer Break: Graphic Organizers to write about what the kids are looking forward to this summer, how they want to spend it, etc. Great for the last week or day of school! Back to School: An icebreaker activity to get rid of first day jitters! Start off the first day of school by having students write and share about the summer they had. DETAILS: Summer Break Kick-off Page 1: 1. I will travel to 2. Memory I want to make 3. Summer treat I want to have 4. Memory I want to make 5. My favorite summer activity 6. This summer I will make Page 2: 1. This summer I will read 2. Three words to describe how I want summer to be 3. This summer I will see 4. I will relax by 5. I will learn PAGE 3: 1. I will spend time with 2. What I don't want to do 3. Summer poem 4. I hope the weather is 5. What I want to hear or say this summer DETAILS: BACK TO SCHOOL Page 1: 1. I traveled to 2. My favorite summer treat 3. Best summer memory 4. My favorite activity was 5. This summer I made Page 2: 1. This summer I read 2. 3 words to describe my summer 3. This summer I saw 4. I relaxed this summer by 5. This summer I learned PAGE 3: 1. I will spend time with 2.Worst summer memory 3. A summer poem 4. The weather was 5. This summer I heard Tips: *Great activity to start with when students arrive for the First Day of School. Open the class with the ice breaker, or just leave it on their desks to fill out as you greet everyone in. * Can also use as posters. Print at normal size or larger. Have students fill out the questions and color them in. You can even mount them on colored construction paper and decorate if time permits. Have the students do show-and-tell, and then hang them up on the bulletin board or take home to share with parents.

The end of the school year is such a special time as testing winds down, and you finish teaching those last few standards. You may even find you have little pockets of time throughout your days when you and your students can work to strengthen that special classroom community bond that's been building throughout the year. One of my favorite ways to savor that last few weeks with my family-away-from-home before they head off for summer break is through design challenges and game play.

Ahhh... the EOY PARCC testing is over... my SGO testing is over... all of my end-of-year paperwork is completed!! Happy May Everyone!! So, my question to you is: how do you end your school year? Are you a keep-teaching-until-the-end sorta teacher, or is projects-til-they-drop more your style? I'm the latter. I love projects! And usually, as I struggle to keep up with pacing guides and testing schedules, projects often get dropped from my plans during the school year, so I love busting out all of my most favorites during the last few weeks of school. Right now in math, we are working on this: I've used this project in my classroom for YEARS and it's always a hit! We just started it on Tuesday after our last day of PARCC testing. The kids are already loving it! Their favorite part is dreaming up their rides and giving them outlandish names! They also enjoy creating the menus for their concession stands. I had two boys spend 20 minutes today researching what foods can and cannot be deep fried!! And don't worry!! There is also math :) We started this project a bit earlier in the year than I typically do, because after we finish it, we will be starting on this: This might just be one of the coolest purchases I've ever made on Teachers Pay Teachers! I can't wait to see how it turns out!! I'm in the process of setting up two great projects in ELA, too, so stay tuned, as I'll be posting about them over the next few weeks! So, how do you end your school year? I'd love to hear from you!! Happy Teaching!!

End of School Kids Interview, About Teacher Questions, Last Day Questions, Year in Review, Student Keepsake, Printable Student Questions, all about me, favorite things list Create a keepsake for your student/child with this printable end of school year bundle. Your student/child can easily write in their responses to reflect on the school year. Perfect for keepsakes and teacher appreciation gift! Great way to encourage self-reflection in children and see how much they grew throughout the school year! **DIGITAL BUNDLE FEATURES: ** ✔ Digital or Printable End of School Year Sheets ✔ Write AND reflect- Children can reflect on favorite, hobbies, subjects, friends, sports, ect. of the school year. ✔ Write AND reflect- Children can think about how wonderful their teacher is and all the fun they had with them throughout the year! ✔ 2 different sheets (listed below) to help you manage every aspect of your child's self-care journey **Templates Included** ✔ End of School Interview Page in US letter size ✔ All About My Teacher Page in US letter size **Product info: ** ✔ Digital Download or Printable and Fillable option. NOT editable. **How to use: ** • Print it and fill it out by hand!

The end of the year is a chaotic time for kids, but especially for teachers! During this time, it's so helpful to have a toolbox of fun and meaningful activities for kids to complete. Many of these ideas you really can do on your own. Of course, if you're needing ideas and resources fast, I've creat

Searching for some fun math activities for the last week of school? These 2nd grade end of the year math review activities are made for you and your second grade math class! They’re low-prep, easy to implement, and will help your students work together in math using cooperative learning activities through the last days of school. These 2nd grade cooperative learning activities will help your students stay engaged through the final days of school, and each one has different sets of problems that review everything they’ve learned in math this year in second grade! Here’s what’s included: 2 “Find a Friend” pages - end of year review 2nd grade math mixed review 32 differentiated task cards and a recording sheet 16 pages of partner practice pages (4 pages each at 4 different levels) Directions and ideas for implementing each end of year math review activity in your classroom Your students will love reviewing what they’ve learned this year in second grade math! They’ll be out of their seats and talking about math together. You’ll love that it’s easy to differentiate for your students, so you don’t have to find different activities for everyone! WHAT TEACHERS LIKE YOU ARE SAYING ABOUT THIS RESOURCE: ❤️ I love how differentiated this resource is and how many opportunities it provides for my students to collaborate! Overall, a fantastic resource! ❤️ This was just what I needed for our end of the year review.  ❤️ Thank you so much, my students loved this resource! This came in handy when I was running short on time! Thank you! ❤️ A great resource for the end of the year! These 2nd grade math cooperative learning activities are all low ink and low prep. You’ll be ready to go in minutes, and only need a printer and some scissors to be ready to go! End of year review 2nd grade math is engaging and easy to implement. Click the preview above if you want to see more! ___________________________________ ⭐️ BUNDLE & SAVE FOR A DISCOUNT ⭐️ Purchase the Back to School and End of the Year 2nd Grade Math Review Bundle to get back to school and end of the year math review activities for fifth grade, and save time and money, too! YOU MAY ALSO LIKE… → BIG 2ND GRADE MATH BUNDLE WITH YEAR-ROUND ACTIVITIES → 2nd grade Daily Computation Practice → Back to School 2nd Grade Math Review → Daily Math Spiral Review → Math Cooperative Learning Activities → Math task cards  → Find a Friend activities → Partner practice printables for math → Math mazes ___________________________________ ___________________________________ CLICK TO FOLLOW… New products are 50% OFF the FIRST 48 HOURS they’re available! ___________________________________ Having difficulty with a file? Please visit the FAQs section, submit a help ticket, or ask a question on the Q&A tab before leaving feedback. ___________________________________ 2nd Grade Math Review - End of Year Math Review Activities Second Grade Math Copyright © Dawn Mincher - Love Learn Teach Permission to copy for single classroom use only. Please purchase additional licenses if you intend to share this product.

I can't believe this school year is almost over! I have only 5 days of school left, Friday is our last day. I will miss my kiddos dearly but am super excited to start my summer vacation. Next school year will bring so many changes for me~~new partner teacher (SUPER excited!!), best friend coming back to teach at my school (YAHOO!!), my baby girl is starting 8th grade at another school (BOO HOO!), and 3rd grade will switch classes next year (SCARED!!)!! I will need the summer to get ready for my 27+ new students next year. I love planning over the summer and will need this summer to prepare for switching classes. Switching won't be so bad, I will teach religion to 2 classes. I am really happy about not teaching science and social studies too!! I always have a hard time fitting these 2 subjects in on a daily basis. My students have been really busy these last 2 weeks doing my favorite all-time writing assignment~~~My Favorite Summer Vacation! I just love this writing and really LOVE how the finished essays turn out. Check them out below. You can click (HERE) to download the sunglasses template. You need to make 2 copies and tape them together. See below!! This year I decided to give out Candy Awards. I literally ran all over town looking for each type of candy. I even had my honey helping me (He was so cute going from store to store!)! I had the hardest time finding Lifesavers (Who would believe that?!). You can download your own set of Candy Awards from Tunstall's Teaching Tidbits. I found these awards during the summer and have been saving them all year. Check them out below! I can't wait to share them with my students tomorrow!!! Here is just a taste of what the awards look like! They are precious!!!! Here is a fun project I did with my class last week. I found this idea on Pinterest and just HAD to try it with my class! Look at the pictures below and try to see the shape! I am in LOVE with this!!

6th Grade Promotion Portraits a David Lubin tradition.

First Week Watercolor Portraits 7 comments Back to School, Bulletin Boards, Self Portraits, Tutorials Every year, my second graders paint a watercolor self-portrait. It is truly my most favorite first week activity of all time. After sharing this picture of this year's portraits on Facebook, a sweet reader asked if I had a blog post about them. Well, it dawned on me that while I have shared my annual self-portraits many times, I've never really shared them exclusively in a post. So, here goes! Every year, I have my students paint a self-portrait during the first week of school (an idea I learned while student teaching many moons ago). I hang these portraits in the room, for the entire year. They really brighten up our space and they are such a joy to look at (this is a picture of my students' portraits from last year). I am not an art teacher and I believe that kids should be encouraged to take risks, so when I task my students with painting their portraits, I pretty much let them "have at it." Don't worry, it isn't a total free for all. I do model the process and I also share examples from years past, like the ones shown below. I just make it very clear that I don't expect their paintings to look like an actual photograph. ;) I always begin by pointing out how much of their body/self they will be painting. I tell them to think about the pictures they see in their yearbooks and how those pictures only show people's heads and shoulders. I explain that they will include only their head and shoulders in their paintings. I then show them examples from previous years (sometimes students move and they get left behind, so I have a few on hand). Once the students understand what it is that they will be including in their portrait, I model the drawing process on the board. I discuss how large the head should be in relation to the paper and show them what this looks like. From there, I show them how I draw a neck and shoulders, hair, and facial features. I apologize that I don't have a photo of this, but essentially, I model and narrate the process, one step at a time. And, then...it's the students' turn. I give each student a piece of white card stock (8x10 inches) to work with. Card stock is brighter and thicker than construction paper, and it just seems to hold the paint better, in my opinion. Then, they start their drawing. Sometimes, I have them draw the outline of their pictures with a black crayon (see below). When I do this, there is NO pencil involved. This helps them to really slow down and visualize before they draw because they know that they can't erase. However, this year, I let them draw with pencil first and then they traced over their pencil lines with a Sharpie. Why did I do that? I have no idea, it was just what I decided to do when I was prepping the materials, but the end result was still fab! Once the students draw the outline of their portrait, they get to paint! Using watercolor is a tricky thing for many second graders. They have a hard time always gauging how much water to use, so a discussion about this (and a little modeling) ahead of time is a good idea. Tip: No matter how much explaining and modeling you do, you'll still have a student or two that uses too much water. Let them use a tissue to blot their paper if you notice this happening. I lay the portraits to dry on the floor, in an out of the way spot. They dry within minutes here in the desert. Once they are dry, I flatten them by stacking heavy teacher manuals on them overnight. I could iron them, but my iron and I do not get along. At all. The next morning, I hang them up and admire the sight before me...all year long. :) At the end of the year, it's always fun to repeat this process. You will be amazed at how much growth your students show. Here are a few examples from last year. Amazing, right? We always get lots of compliments on our portrait display, and the kids are always very proud of them. They love seeing if their parents can guess which one is theirs, and it's fun to see how many parents get it right! At the end of the school year, I send the portraits home as a keepsake. Many parents have commented how much they love them, and they are the perfect size for framing! First week self-portraits are a great way to encourage students to take risks, have fun, and learn to use materials. Beyond that, the students take great pride in their creations and enjoy them just as much as I do, and we have something truly magnificent (that they created!) to look at all year long. :) Share It:

FREE End of the Year Stationary- Students write letters to next year's class during the last week of school. Includes printables for grades 1-5 #endoftheyear #activities #secondgrade #2ndgrade

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A last day of school interview is a great way to record all your kids memories and the fun facts they learned each year. Grab the free printable end of the school year questionnaire now!

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Free End of the Year Activity (Creativity Challenge) Teachers, are you looking for a free resource for the end of the school year? Spark your students’ creativity at the end the the year with a FREE Finish the Picture Creativity Challenge . With the It’s NOT Sunglasses Creativity Challenge

Advice from Real Teachers Series Do you dread the last few weeks of school because your students are full of energy and unable to focus? Administrators might say to stick to your routines and keep your kids busy with regular assignments, but that didn't work for me. Making my students do seatwork at the end

FUN End of the Year Art Projects- It's the end of the year-go out having FUN! I know how it goes at the end of the year-your tired, the kids are tired...EVERYONE is ready for summer break! Go out with a bang with these super fun end of the year art projects!

End of the Year Activities to keep your students busy and give you time to grade assessments, clean up, and pack up!

I am all done with parent conferences and it feels great! I had the most terrific year and I’m so happy to share my students’ progress with their parents. During parent conference time, I always love to have lots of student work to display. I absolutely love to incorporate student pictures into student work. This ... Read More about Silhouette Autobiographies and Read Across America

End of year student behavior might have you dreaming of summer, but it doesn't have to be so tough! Here are quick solutions to end of year behavior issues!