Your students will love this fun way to wrap up your year together, and you will love this weeklong done-for-you resource that keeps kids learning right up until the last day of school. Make the last week of school special and easy by enjoying a Carnival in the Classroom. Most important, be sure to invite the lower grades up so your students can share their hard work and help prepare the younger kids for next year. Then, after a class discussion, assign different topics to groups of students and let them prepare posters with the tips. Once you’ve brainstormed the topics, have each student write their ideas on a sticky note and add it to chart paper. And rest assured, your students will know just what to teach the younger kids. Your list will be unique to your classroom. There are many ways to do this, but one of my favorites is a gallery walk.īrainstorm different topics next year’s students will need to know about your class: You could also video the skits and share them with families.Īnother great way to see what students learned this year is to ask them to share their expertise with next year’s students. Or put on the show for another classroom. Want to take it up a notch? Invite families to come to the performance. Plus, your students will get in a little creativity, too. They’ll be practicing reading, writing, and speaking skills. Have your students select a picture book and turn it into a production.įirst they will write the script, then assign roles, rehearse their lines, create props and basic scenery (if you have time), and then perform for the class. Just think how much they will learn.Ī great way to practice a number of ELA skills is readers’ theater. Plus, you’ve heard the old adage: the way you know if you really understand something is if you can teach it to others. It will give you a break to tackle some end-of-the-year tasks and keep them busy. Kids love creating Google Slides and using the whiteboard to teach. They can plan, prepare, and teach the lesson to the class. You can brainstorm ideas, assign different subjects, or even come up with the lessons ahead of time and let students draw sticks. Pair kids up and let them select a lesson to teach the class. Instead of trying to fight the urge, go enjoy the sunshine while you learn. When the nice weather finally arrives, it beckons us all outside.
Practice spelling words or math facts with sidewalk chalk. Although a little probably wouldn’t hurt. And I don’t mean a whole bunch of extra recess. If the weather permits, go outside as much as possible. Here are 11 tips for finishing the school year strong and having fun in the process. Plus, you have to keep them occupied for a few more weeks. After all, you’ve spent the last nine months forming a cohesive classroom community.
Īs much fun as it is to look forward to summer vacation, it can also be bittersweet to say goodbye to your students. Excitement, anticipation, relief, sadness, overwhelm. I don’t know about you, but this time of year always gave me a mix of emotions. (Yes, even for my east coast teacher friends.
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