Last day of school games

I alternate each year between t-shirts and beach ball. Beach ball is a fun and different way to collect autographs in class. Let students blow the beach balls up and then get autographs from each other by tossing the balls around!

They will surely love this activity and cherish their memories. I love to kick off the new school year by creating a class time capsule. The end of school year is exactly the time to unseal them and let my students discover which predictions and goals they had made actually came true!

It is amazing how things change in less than a year especially with their height, weight or even penmanship. It is always a delight for me to see their varied reactions. If you want to make a class time capsule for the coming year, you may check out this post. Put on some great music oh I love to play melodramatic ones for this activity! When the time is over, they can remove the papers from their backs and enjoy reading what was written by their classmates.

This self-esteem booster is by far one of my favorite fun things to do on the last day of school to let students say goodbye to each other! Students just seem happier after this activity. I named this activity this way because I ask my students to write down the following on a piece of paper:. After spending an entire school year together, classmates become good friends if not best of friends.

One great way for students to make memorable gifts for their classmates is by making personalized friendship bracelets using cheap cords and alphabet beads. Another option is a simple breezy friendship bracelet made with two very simple knots which has also become a fad in my classroom.

Furthermore, you can ask your students to write a poem to be given to their friends or teachers. If you have more advanced students, you can let them compose a song instead.

Songs can be very memorable and enjoyable for students, especially those with good singing voices who love to sing along! They can record the songs or better yet perform in front of their peers, teachers or the entire school. My advanced students work in groups and create a handbook containing helpful tips, information and advice for the incoming groups. You could also get creative and use different scrapbook papers with fun prints.

Start by creating a tracer of a large star. Use the tracer to trace a class set of stars with a pencil. Cut out each star and write the names of each student in the center of each star. Start by brainstorming exercises to generate ideas.

Encourage students to think of positive messages about the different personalities in the classroom i. Come up with messages to wish someone well i. Think of memories you have shared i. Once you have generated a chart full of messages, get ready for writing on each star. Completing this activity so that each student writes on each star requires a bit of organization.

The arrow will point to where that student will pass their star next. Make sure all students and teachers have a spot to sit with an arrow that points to a spot. Make sure that each spot will receive each star in turn. Have your students sit in their spots and look to where they will pass the stars next.

Get them to give their stars to the first person. Give the class a few minutes to record a message to that person. Request that students are neat and write with their best spelling and handwriting. Bring out your favorite markers, like these Crayola Skinny Markers for a variety of colors. Once each star comes back to its owner, the activity is complete. Save hours of lesson preparation time with the Entire BusyTeacher Library.

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Teaching Ideas. Warmers and Fillers. Please wait Feel free to be inventive and take into account the opinions of your students, but some basic categories are: 1 Memory Games Memory Games, which tend to focus on the recall of a string of nouns, the details of a story or an important sequence of events. Try One of the Recommended Activities These are all classic ESL activities which are set up, carried out and finished inside ten minutes. Examples of a category would include: A five or six syllable word which they can explain to the class A word with more than three or more meanings A word from medicine, astronomy, chemistry, etc.

Kick summer vacation off right now! Set up an at home ice cream bar with strawberry ice cream, chocolate ice cream and vanilla ice cream. Grab a copy of the Dr. When they finish high school, wrap it up and give it to them to keep.

Hide all of the supplies needed for an amazing summer around your house or yard and send them on a scavenger hunt: sunglasses, sunblock, insect repellent, a new bathing suit, sidewalk chalk, bubbles.

Set up your tents, pull out the sleeping bags and spend the night in your backyard. Maybe this will inspire you to try out some local campsites and go camping for real! I made each of my girls a t-shirt one year. My girls love the shirts. Another time, we made tie-dye shirts at the Tie Dye Lab. On the last day of school, hang a paper chain in your home with one chain for each day until the first day of school.

Every day, cut off a link of the chain. One year, my daughter came home with a little paper cup full of soil and sun flower seeds. Her class had started growing sunflowers for a science lesson and the teacher told them to take them home and plant them.