End of the School Year Lesson Plans
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- A
World of Cooperation and Exchange- Using a student-made advertisement,
students play an exchange game to reinforce the understanding
that people in different places around the world depend on each
other for the exchange of goods and services.
- All
Aboard! All Aboard! The Essay Train- All aboard! All aboard!
Ride the English Trax! Come and enjoy a train ride with The Little
Engline That Could and learn how to create a five-paragraph essay
train.
- All
About Me-I'm My Own Research Project- This lesson is an introduction
to teaching students how to do a research project. Students learn
how to categorize information about themselves and relate to categorizing
information on sea animals for a future research project.
- All's
Well That Ends Well- Beginning and ending are two of the most
important parts of a speech! The middle is rather important also.
Students check out the importance of organizing a speech.
- An
Autograph Book from Yesteryear- Students explore a school
autograph book from the 1880s and create a contemporary version
of it.
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- And
Your Point Is . . .? Part I- This is Part I of a two-part series.
Part I introduces students to point of view through a structured WebQuest.
Part II (See Web Links) extends understanding through student engagement
in a variety of debate activities.
- And
Your Point Is . . .? Part II- This is Part II of a two-part series.
Part I introduced students to point of view through a structured WebQuest.
Part II extends understanding through student engagement in a variety
of debate activities.
- A Transition
from Elementary to Middle School- A guided unit.
- Class
Reunion- Painlessly requires students to begin the process of decision
making regarding their own goals and objectives.
- Create
a Class Yearbook- Students create a keepsake yearbook of memories
from the school year about to end.
- Design
a Poet-T- Students turn plain white T-shirts into fabulous poet-T's!
- Dichotomous
Key- To develop understanding of how a dichotomous key is organized.
- End
of the School Year Poems
- End
of Year Student Feedback Form- A good idea of getting feedback from
students.
- Famous
Person -- Who am I?- The purpose of this activity is to review various
historical personalities studied.
- Friendly
letters giving advice on getting through the year- Write a friendly
letter of three to five paragraphs to next year's students, advising
them regarding staff, classes, homework, hall and class behavior; lockers,
etc. (all students must sign name to letter and all "information" must
be ok'd by teacher mentioned so everything is funny and good-natured).
- Going
My Way?- Students create and utilize a picture graph of the various
means of transportation that they use to return home at the end of the
school day.
- Graphing
a Healthy Lifestyle- Students will, over a week, record the amount
of time they spend sleeping, attending school, watching T.V., exercising
and doing homework. At the end of the week the students will graph all
of their information and discuss how sleep impacts their learning. The
graphs will be used to discuss daily habits and ways to improve overall
health.
- How
Do I Get There From Here?- Students use a school map to create a
charted course and a corresponding written description of the directions
for travel from class to class, beginning with an arrival location in
the morning and ending with a departure location in the afternoon.
- Information
for a Buck: An End-of-Year Information Skills Evaluation- How much
is information worth and how valuable will the ability to find it be
in the future?
- Junk
Mail Airmail- Most homes receive large amounts of unsolicited and
unwanted mail every year. This mail costs millions of dollars and wastes
valuable natural resources. Much of this junk mail ends up as litter
or in overfilled landfills.
- Lap
Game- This gym game is a combination of baseball and dodgeball,
with some variations. Instead of bases, the game makes use of a Start/Finish
line, an End line, and "safe zones."
- Letter
to Next Year's Teacher- It allows the upcoming teacher to see writing
styles, abilities and opens a "personal" connection to the student.
This is a very open-ended activity.
- Memory
Book- A fun activity.
- Most
Valued Possessions- After listening to The Legend of the Bluebonnet,
by Tomie dePaola, students illustrate and label their most valued possessions.
- MTV
no PTV- This is a high interest introduction to the gas laws. Stressing
the interdependents of the three variables; pressure, temperature, and
volume.
- Narrative
Sketches- Sketches as an organizer? Quick Sketches with short notes
are a fun way to get kids to plan out their narrative stories. Students
draw three pictures that illustrate the beginning, middle and end of
a story with very short notes to describe the sketches.
- Oobleck
Versus Gloop- By the end of the lesson, second grade students will
be able to explain that we use our senses to make observations and that
the observations often describe properties of an object or substance.
- Partner
Book Reports- With a partner, students read, review, and evaluate
a novel. Students' progress is monitored through the use of reading
folders and the completion of an end-of-unit project.
- Planning
a School Garden- In this activity, students will use their understanding
of perimeter and area to plan a school garden. Students must follow
the requirements provided by the school principal.
- School
News- This activity can be used for several purposes. It can be
used to improve writing skills, speaking, questioning skills, and help
to build self esteem. No special conditions are required.
- Soft Drink Sales
at Schools- Formulate and defend a position on whether school districts
should partner with the soft drink industry to promote soda sales at
school.
- SUDDENLY!
(Learning about Prediction)- Strengthen prediction skills, listening,
and recall.
- Summer
poster for Next Year's Class- Have students think about advice that
they would give to your students for the next school year. Create a
banner with "WORDS OF WISDOM" in marker, paint, or other art medium.
- Summer
Safety Safari- First grade students will demonstrate their understanding
of summer safety by creating guidelines for Summer Safety posters.
- Sunrise
- Sunset- Students need an opportunity to collect and exchange data
with other classrooms. This activity provides opportunities for making
comparisons, making predictions, and communicating electronically through
computer networks.
- Thinking
Ahead to Next Year- Students leave advice for those who will follow
in their footsteps, or write informative letters to the teachers who
will teach them next year.
- Truth
and Lies Game- This is a fun, get-acquainted activity. Used in the
beginning of the school year, during a class party, or at the end of
the year.
- Wacky
Olympics- To have students enjoy a fun field day near the end of
the school year.
- Year
End Review- Students will write a five paragraph narrative essay
with details summarizing the high points of their learning in the fourth
grade.
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