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Wrapping Up the School Year: Everything You Need
From summer book lists — your students and your own — to celebrations that acknowledge a year's worth of hard work, here are resources, ideas, and checklists for getting your class and your classroom ready for summer.
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Finish Off the Year With Amazing Summer Reading Plans
Grades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8
Tips and tricks to keep your students turning pages all summer long!
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Your Closing-the-Classroom Checklist
Grades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8, 9–12
Get useful checklists to prepare for summer vacation and set up for success in the fall.
Wrapping Up the School Year Books
Grades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8, 9–12
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 Articles Ensuring a Tremendous End to a Memorable School YearGrades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8, 9–12 Eight great ideas, fully described, for activities to celebrate the end of a successful school year. |
Articles Successful End-Of-The-Year TransitionsGrades: PreK–K, 1–2 Planning and organization strategies to help ease end-of-the-year transitions for teachers, children, and parents |
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Articles Teacher Tips: Tips For Ending the YearGrades: PreK–K, 1–2 Plan activities that help bring closure to the year and celebrate the achievements of the children in your program. Ten Teacher Tips by Susan A.... |
 Articles, Book Resources Books for the End of the School YearGrades: 3–5, 6–8 A teacher-created book list of professional resources for the end of the school year — the best time to prepare for the next year! |
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Book Resources Books for End-of-Year ReflectionGrades: PreK–K, 1–2 This teacher created book list includes tips for classroom use. |
 Lesson Plans, Book Resources Mark the Close of the School Year with StudentsGrades: 1–2, 3–5, 6–8 Teacher recommendations for ways to mark the close of the school year. |
 Articles Strategy: Packing Up Your ClassroomGrades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8, 9–12 At the end of the school year, set yourself up for easy start to the next one. |
Lesson Plans End-of-the-Year Celebration ProgramGrades: PreK–K Through reading, music, and discussion, kindergarteners review what they've learned during the school year. The lesson culminates with a ceremony... |
Teaching Tip: End of Year Memory BooksGrades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5 Idea for saying good-bye to young students. |
 Articles Learning Up to the Very Last MinuteGrades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8 Treasure hunts, art exhibits, and other fun ideas to help students focus on their studies, despite end-of-the-school-year distractions. |
 Articles Book Activities for the End of the School YearGrades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8 The end of the school year is a perfect time to reflect on all the great literature you and your students have shared over the course of the year... |
 Articles, Book Resources Saying Good-bye at Year's EndGrades: Early Childhood, Infant, PreK–K, 1–2 End-of-the year good-byes can be difficult! Here's how to help children make and maintain lasting friendships! |
 Articles "Been There, Done That" Tips & Ideas: Making the Most of Summer Prep and PlanningGrades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8 Discover how other new teachers have managed to get all the essentials done before the bell. |
 What You Need at Each Stage of Your CareerGrades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8 Gain new insights on what lies ahead at critical points in your teaching career. |
 An Egg-Cellent Way to End the School YearGrades: PreK–K, 1–2 Reflect upon the year's learnings by hanging up eggs with secret messages inside. Students crack them open and discuss the message. |
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Idea Swap: Celebrate the End of the YearGrades: Teachers share activities for wrapping up the school year and more. |
End-of-the-Year TipsGrades: Early Childhood, PreK–K End-of-the-year tips for makign a successful transition from school to summer. |
 Articles, Articles & Collections Physical Development: End-of-the-Year CelebrationsGrades: PreK–K, 1–2 Hold a festive get-together where children, family, staff, and community members can enjoy one another and have fun outdoors in this end-of-the-... |
Unit Plans, Writing Activities Wrapping Up the School YearGrades: 3–5, 6–8 Students write letters to their new teachers and to the students replacing them. Plus, they preserve their favorite memories from the school year... |
