Countdown to Summer Activity

Ready for a great end of year activity to implement in your classroom?  Well this countdown to summer activity is exactly it! Regardless of whether you teach first grade or fifth grade, this end of year countdown is a hit in any grade level. Student's love to have a connection to a countdown day, rather than just writing down how many days are left on the whiteboard.

Depending on how many students are in your class, there are 34 blank surfboards included.  I printed one out for each of my students a couple days ago and gave them time to decorate their surfboard.  Then, after getting my approval, the students were able to write one way they wanted to celebrate the end of the year.  While the students were designing their surfboards, I went ahead and cut out the letters for the bulletin board display. I used Primary Blends Coffee Cake Font in size 413.  After printing them out, I hand cut each letter out. You can use any font you want, or you can use a machine at your school to cut out the letters. Then I hung everything up!

Wax Museum Project

I am so excited to finally get started on our Living Wax Museum project next week with my students! This is such a fun activity to do after all our testing, and it is something that the students are actively engaged in during the last few weeks of school!  Plus, the research for the wax museum takes some time, which gives you less work planning! I'd say thats a win-win!

Traditionally, a Wax Museum displays people who have some sort of historical significance, but in this case, students will display themselves as a career they picked! This is actually so much fun because it allows me and their parents to see a little glimpse of them into the future - as responsible citizens! I've included a parent letter to go home that explains the project and how parents can help with this wax museum project.

Easter Worksheets and Activities

Happy Monday! Is it just me, or are you ready to dye some Easter eggs? Seriously, I think my favorite thing about being a teacher is getting to celebrate the holidays like I did when I was young. I don't have children yet (if it wasn't obvious), so I don't have them to celebrate with - yet! I created these worksheets to give my students some fun and academic work during the week before Easter. I hope you can love these as much as my students do!

Easter Treat Bag Tags

Seriously, what student doesn't love getting treats from their teacher? I try to limit giving candy out, but that flies out the window when the holidays are upon us! I just think these are the cutest bag tags around! And there is hardly any work required! Happy Easter!

How to Catch the Easter Bunny

Are you looking for a fun Easter writing prompt differentiated for any of your students?  I love Adam Wallace's How to Catch Series, and his Easter Bunny book is no exception! Our school always has a half day on the Thursday before Good Friday, so I try to incorporate some fun Easter activities for the kids, while still being academic.

This is great creative writing idea because the book is available on YouTube (I included the link), so you do not actually need to have a hard copy of the book, and then you have a great writing prompt for them to respond to!  Plus, this writing activity does not take that much time so you have a ton of time to do some Easter egg hunts or math scavenger hunts!

Fact Fluency Games

Is it just me, or are your students getting a bit tired of the multiplication table fact practice? Whew, if me or my students have to see another one, we might just scream! And not the ice cream kind of scream! My students were looking for another alternative to practicing their math facts, and the fact fluency online games were not cutting it at this point in the year. So, I waved my magic wand, and got this math fact fluency game! Wouldn't that be awesome!??!

Similar to the popular game, Spot it!

I have noticed my students either really love or really struggle with math; therefore, I am always trying to find ways to make practicing their facts more fun. I heard some of my students talking about playing a game called Spot It! and that is where this fact fluency game came from. There are different ways to play the game, but regardless of how they play, they are practicing their math facts. You can have them practice addition, subtraction, division or multiplication.