Transform the end of the school year into a celebration of growth and accomplishment with these fun ideas and activities!
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
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.
Looking for a positive way to end the year? Use these quick reflection questions to wrap things up with your students.
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!
Memory wheels are a great end of school year activity for upper elementary and middle school students. Learn about memory wheel templates.
Summer is a season of sunshine, warmth, and relaxation. It's also a great time to capture your own image through self-portraiture. Whether your students are in kindergarten through 5th grade, drawing a self-portrait can be a fun and rewarding way for students to express themselves and document their unique features. In this fun and easy drawing guide students will draw themselves living their best summer lives!
One of my favorite end-of-the-year activities I’ve ever done with my students is an end-of-the-year letter to themselves. I did this one year that I had
Looking for end of the school year activities for your middle school classes? This post has five great suggestions for you!
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!
These all about me, back to school art activities for kids are engaging icebreakers. Encourage creativity and build community during the first week back
These are my favorite 50 free short art activities I have used over the past 20 years when I just need a quick and simple art activity.
STEM activities with pencils are easy to prep and implement for back to school and end of the year stem challenges. Check out three popular STEM and science activities using pencils. Free printables included!
Hello Friends!! Happy Memorial Day weekend, the official start to the summer season here at the Jersey shore!!As excited as I am, we still have about three and half weeks left in this school year
The Invisible String is used a lot for grief and loss - it's also an amazing book for end of the year counseling lessons!
The last day of kindergarten is here! Grab this free last day of school crown template that is perfect for those future first graders!
These are a great first day of school coloring page for August or September! Student reflection color by number sheets are a fun way for your students to take a snapshot of their school year. These back to school, mid year, & end of the year activities make an easy, no prep, colorful bulletin board display, too! Choose the pages you want to use, print them, and have students complete them with colored pencils, crayons, or thin markers. Your students will love these self-reflection questions and creating a unique, colorful design! They will answer 12 questions about their school year and use their answers to color the design. The results will give you great bulletin board ideas for back to school, after break, and even the end of the school year! ➤ This resource is partially editable. Please preview the questions before purchasing to make sure the questions work for your classroom. Use Keynote, PowerPoint, or upload the PowerPoint to Google Slides to edit the answer or color choices. EDITABLE PORTIONS: -answer choices -color choices NON-EDITABLE PORTIONS: -questions -coloring pages OPTIONS PROVIDED: -5 coloring page choices -print with or without school years (included from 2023-2024 up to 2029-2030) -end of the year reflection, after a school break reflection, beginning of the year or back to school reflection When should you use these student self-reflection sheets in your classroom? ✨Back to school: a simple, engaging activity for students to share a bit about themselves at the beginning of the year and create a colorful class bulletin board the first week of school. ✨After a school break: ease students back into thinking about school and learning with this fun art activity. ✨End of the year: great for after state testing or a relaxing activity for the last week of school. INCLUDED IN THIS DOWNLOAD: ✅ End of the Year Reflection Questions Page ✅ After a School Break Reflection Questions Page ✅ Back to School Reflection Questions Page ✅ Sample Colored Pages ✅ 5 Coloring Pages with Different Designs with 15 Date Options – 2023-2024 – 2024 – 2024-2025 – 2025 – 2025-2026 – 2026 – 2026-2027 – 2027 – 2027-2028 – 2028 – 2028-2029 – 2029 – 2029-2030 – 2030 – or no date included to use any year, any time! This low-prep printable color by number set is designed for flexibility in your classroom! Choose your designs, the dates, and even customize the responses or colors to suit your students and classroom. Use it at the beginning of the year, after a school break, or at the end of the year. Please note, the questions are not editable to protect the work of the author. Check out the preview to see more! You and your students will love this low-prep, engaging color by number activity! ___________________________________ YOU MAY ALSO LIKE… → Back to School & End of the Year Math Review Activities ___________________________________ 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. ___________________________________ End of the Year Activities Student Reflection Sheet, Mid Year, Back to School 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.
Summer is a season of sunshine, warmth, and relaxation. It's also a great time to capture your own image through self-portraiture. Whether your students are in kindergarten through 5th grade, drawing a self-portrait can be a fun and rewarding way for students to express themselves and document their unique features. In this fun and easy drawing guide students will draw themselves living their best summer lives!
Looking for meaningful end of school year activities for middle school or high school English? These digital activities will have you at hello...
STEM Bins® Teambuilders for K-5th Grade are a wonderful way to build your classroom community and allow students to practice and reflect on essential character skills. They are ideal for use at the beginning of the school year as you are introducing STEM Bins to your class and as needed for team building throughout the year. 12 Challenges are provided for you to set up in stations, and you may choose how many stations you’d like your students to complete. Each challenge is designed to be used with your existing classroom set of STEM Bins®, along with a few other basic classroom materials. There is a tabletop tent for each station with the challenge instructions on one side and character emphasis on the other side. The character cards may be displayed in your classroom after the challenges are complete. Students need to be placed in groups of 2-3 and given at least 15-20 minutes per station to meet the challenge. Students each need a copy of the student booklet with cover, checklist, and challenge pages to bring with them to each station. EDITABLE PowerPoint pages are provided in a separate file for you to customize your own challenge checklists. Each student page provides an opportunity for students to reflect on how they showed the character emphasis for the challenge. Final reflection pages are also provided. Includes the following materials and challenges in LOWER GRADE AND UPPER GRADE VERSIONS: Page 3: How to Use Page 4: Supplies Checklist Pages 5-6: Photos of Possible Products Pages 7-8: Station Number Tents Pages 9-10: Student Booklet Cover and Checklist Pages 11-12: Take Flight (OPTIMISM) Pages 13-14: Build a Bridge (PERSEVERANCE) Pages 15-16: Goal Getter (SPORTSMANSHIP) Pages 17-18: Mirror Mirror (CREATIVITY) Pages 19-20: Tricky Tower (SELF-DISCIPLINE) Pages 21-22: Chain Reaction (PATIENCE) Pages 23-24: Safe Shelter (EMPATHY) Pages 25-26: Safety Net (ENCOURAGEMENT) Pages 27-28: Maze Mania (IMPROVEMENT) Pages 29-30: Parking Place (EFFORT) Pages 31-32: Rock and Roll (COOPERATION) Pages 33-34: Life Boat (FLEXIBILITY) Page 35: Teambuilder Reflections Pages 36-47: Optional Character Awards Page 48: Credits
The BEST end of the year activities for the classroom and teachers. Plan the final days with arts & crafts, themed days, countdowns, gift and party ideas, games and outdoor activities, and more!
Tessellations are so much fun to make! This post includes directions and examples for creating tessellations in middle school math.
These 5 meaningful & sweet end of school traditions are simple enough to start any time and will help make the transition from school year to summer meaningful and special for your family.
Summer is coming to an end, so ring in the school year with these fun back to school jokes. Perfect for kids, adults, and teachers too!
Teach the scientific method to your students through these engaging science experiments! Check out this blog post to learn more!
IF you are like me, you are looking for FUN, yet simple projects for the end of the school year!! I got this idea from this fabulous blog called The Lost Sock I found these great videos to show the students before they get started! Bubbles from baris parildar on Vimeo. First we talked about the properties of bubbles. I blew some bubbles for the kids to look at (with their hands in their laps...pure torture) but I really wanted them to use their eyes. What shape is the shiney? Where is the light source? For example a window will make a window shaped shiney! What color are the bubbles and why do they start as a clear liquid and then turn rainbowy? 1 First students traced as many different circle shaped objects I could fine!! 2 They added at least two shineys to each bubble 3 Then colored the bubbles using oil pastels, and making sure to leave at least part of the bubble black to make it look transparent So, first the students started drawing bubbles individually... Then, one student suggested that they put their papers together and connect their bubbles. Within a few minutes, I had an entire class on the floor connecting EVERY one of their papers to make a huge bubble mural! They were SO excited and I loved the conversations I heard as they ALL worked together as one giant group!! The end product was a masterpiece and the kids were SO excited!! Some classes drew bubbles together to form words. You can see the words " Pie is Good" at the top of this class' Art! The great thing about this project is that its fun for ALL ages! My four year old (below) drew her own bubble artwork (all by herself) and included herself blowing the bubbles in the bottom corner! She had fun searching for circles in the kitchen. There are Tabasco bottle circles, and salt shaker circles, coffee can lid circles, a soda can circle! So get out your oil pastels and go create some Bubble ART to kick off the SUMMER!!!! The great thing about bubbles is that they are inexpensive and fun no matter what age you are! My daughter got a bubble blower last summer that blew small bubbles inside large bubbles! We took this picture last August!
It was about this time last year I took my third graders outside for a paper airplane competition. We had spent a half hour working in te...
Finish the year off on the right foot. Check out these 11 ideas and resources perfect for the end of the year in the middle school math classroom.
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A great next school year begins with thoughtful reflecting on what worked in your classroom this year. Make the most of your year end reflections.
If you came to this site, you either purchased the time capsule activity and are looking for directions, or want ideas for your own time capsules. These are so much fun to do with students of all ages! Enjoy! This Time Capsule Activity is great to use at the
At this time of year (end of August) I have so many mixed emotions. I am sad that the summer is drawing to an end, but I am excited for the new school year: envisioning my new students and the project
Genius ideas that make these last days manageable and fun.
Looking for a fun and engaging end of year reflection activity for your elementary students? This end-of-year coloring activity is the perfect no-prep activity that allows your students to reflect on their school year, and color at the same time! Plus, you can print this last week of school coloring activity or use the digital version! Includes end of year coloring pages (printable PDF and digital versions) that say: End of the Year! (simple version and more complex version) Goodbye 1st Grade! Goodbye 2nd Grade! Goodbye 3rd Grade! Goodbye 4th Grade! Goodbye 5th Grade! Goodbye 6th Grade! This end of year reflection activity includes TWO different versions: ⭐ LOWER-LEVEL: Students will answer 8 simple questions about their school year with only two answer options. Then, they will color the picture (simplified version) according to the answers they chose, so each student's picture will look a little bit different depending on how they answered! One lower-level version is included with colored blocks to help, or just black and white. ⭐️ HIGHER-LEVEL: Students will answer 12 questions about their school year with four answer options. Then, they will color the picture according to the answers they chose, so each student's picture will look a little bit different depending on how they answered! Want more engaging coloring activities? Check this out! Beginning of the Year Coloring Activity | First Day of School TEACHERS LIKE YOU SAID… ⭐ A fifth-grade teacher said, “I love this reflection! It gave my kids a chance to reflect and spend some time really thinking about their year in a calm and engaging manner.” ⭐ A fifth-grade teacher said, “Used this on one of the last days of school and the students had fun coloring their answers. I loved being able to walk around and see the students' answers based on the colors they used.” ⭐ A fifth-grade teacher said, “Cute and easy to use resource to support reflection at the end of the year.”
Students circulate through the classroom and meet new friends! Here's a great team building activity I like to have on hand for the first week of school! Use "Find a Friend" for a quick structure to allow for student interaction, to model classroom expectations for movement in the room, and to review and practice classroom manners. With the recording sheet in hand, students circulate through the room to pair up with a new friend. Students greet each other and take turns to ask a question related to the grid. For example, student A will say say to student B, "Do you like to read?" Student B will reply, "Yes, I do like to read." Student B will then sign his name in the corresponding box on Student A's paper. (If the student replies with a "no", I encourage my first graders to try again and to ask about something else on the paper. After all, we have different likes and dislikes.) Before rotating, students thank each other. Students mix and pair again with a new partner to complete the grid as time allows. I do remind the children that they may only sign someone's paper one time. These activities promote positive interaction, movement, and community. It also allows for me to model (...again) how to stand up and carry the paper/pencil, how to find a partner quietly (by making eye contact), how to say "please" and "thank you", and how to speak using an inside voice. Click here to download this "Find a Friend" activity. link Here's One for Color Words. Click on the image below to download this "Find a Friend" activity. (Some children may need to have support with recognizing and reading the words.) Like Those? Here's one for number words, too! Click on the image below to download this "Find a Friend" activity. Happy Holiday Weekend!
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.
These all about me, back to school art activities for kids are engaging icebreakers. Encourage creativity and build community during the first week back
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... →
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
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!
