End of Year Activities Advice for Next Years Class

Students from this year's class create a list of "How to Rock This Year!" which you will give to next year's class. This activity is a FUN way for students to connect from year to year, reflect, and receive important advice from a student's perspective. A blank editable page is included so you can create your own topics! You will receive this in both color and black and white. It comes as Google Slides, PowerPoint and PDF. Watch the preview video to see if this resource is right for you. Happy Teaching!

Ideas on how to use this product:

1. Give a copy of this assignment to each student, have them complete it and then give the copy to an incoming student next year.

2. After all of this year's students turn in their reflections, compile the best tips and advice and type it all onto a blank page. That single packet can then be copied and given to next year's class. That way, you are assured that accurate and complete information is being given to next year's students.

3. Pull up one page a day during morning meetings and have the class brainstorm ideas. As they share ideas, you type the ideas onto the page. Use these finished pages to give to next year's class.

4. Think, Pair, Share: Students complete this independently (Think), then join a small group and decide on the top ideas to keep (Pair), then, as a whole class, share the best ideas and those ideas get typed onto a final class copy to be shared with next year's class (Share).

This Product Contains the Following (PDF, PowerPoint and Google Slides):

Color Product: The color pages have been designed for digital learning and look fantastic on computers, iPads and digital whiteboards.

Black and White Product: The black and white pages have been designed for printed use but can also be used for online responses depending on your need.

Both the color version and black and white version include the following:

Cover Page

Fifteen Topics: For each topic, students will provide a list of helpful information and advice. For example, for the topic "Homework", students may list that your class should read each night for 15 minutes and give some advice on where to get homework when absent.

Blank Page: You can add your own topic to the blank page

Topics:

1. Everything you need to know about homework. Brace yourself!

2. Everything about ELA (AKA reading and writing, but you already knew that.)

3. A list of all the things you ever wanted to know about MATH (and some you didn't want to know).

4. Science! (If you're wondering if you will blow anything up, keep reading.)

5. Everything you need to know to ROCK in social studies!

6. Here's the 411 about every other subject and special class you will have.

7. All the secrets about recess (when we release our inner ninja)!

8. Everything you need to know about nom nom time. (You guess it... LUNCH!)

9. Tips and tricks to pack up at the end of the day.

10. Getting ORGANIZED when arriving at school (soooooo sleepy).

11. Advice on making friends (and avoiding drama!).

12. How to ask for HELP and know when you need it ('cause we all need help sometimes).

13. What to do when kids are mean (can't we all just get along?!).

14. Strategies on how to FOCUS (Look! A squirrel!).

15. Field Trips (so. much. fun.)

16. Editable page so you can add your own topic

In this Product, You'll Receive:

1 PDF: 28 pages

1 Link to Google Slides: 28 slides

1 PowerPoint: 28 slides

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