Welcome Back After Spring Break Activities & Fun Activities Before Spring Break

Perfect for the day before spring break OR to welcome students back after spring break, this EDITABLE, NO PREP, GOOGLE SLIDES activity is an easy way to engage your students and celebrate a much needed spring break! This fun activity encourages students to reflect on springtime, spring break, and spring holidays (Easter, Passover, Ramadan, etc) and what these moments mean to them as they look forward to (or reflect on) their break.

Inclusive by Design: Prompts refer to “spring break” & “spring holidays,” to be inclusive of students who celebrate Easter, Passover, Ramadan, as well as students who don’t celebrate any of these!

This resource includes everything you need: One pager directions, one pager templates, a one pager rubric, engaging one pager prompts, and more!

Use BEFORE or AFTER spring break: Includes a version of the activity for BEFORE break (activities, people, etc they look forward to) and a version for AFTER break (activities, people etc they enjoyed doing or seeing).

***This activity is fully editable, so you can edit the resource to meet the unique needs of your students!

The activity is formatted to be printable as well as digital.

Perfect for:

• The day before spring break
• The day after spring break
• Building community
• Supporting SEL (social & emotional learning)
• Celebrating Easter, Passover, or Ramadan while remaining inclusive
• Last minute sub plans
• …and more!

What is included in this resource?

• A detailed one pager lesson plan with step-by step directions for the one pager
• Teaching slides to make guiding students through the one pager simple & easy
• Student-friendly directions so students know exactly how to get started
• 2 versions of the one pager for easy differentiation
• A scaffolded one pager template to support all students - especially helpful for students with learning disabilities or students who are English Learners - simply print it on the back of the blank template!
• One pager rubric for clear expectations, easy grading, and quality one pagers you'll be proud to display in your classroom
• Engaging discussion prompts and topics to help students connect with the value of the project
• Reflection prompts to help you wrap up the activity in a meaningful way
• Directions and guidance for presenting and sharing the one pagers

Designed for Digital / Distance Learning AND Print: A link to a separate file with JUST the slides your digital students need for the activity.

Activity Duration:

This activity will take about 1 - 2.5 hours.

Suggested Pacing:

1. Project overview & directions (10 - 20 minutes)
2. One pager work time (45 - 90 minutes)
3. Paragraph reflection (10 minutes) 
4. Optional sharing (15-30 minutes)

Final Notes and Details:

Please note, this activity is created in GOOGLE SLIDES and is EDITABLE so you can meet the unique needs of your students.

**This resource is a PDF with links to Google Slides documents. However, the documents can also be downloaded from Google Slides as POWERPOINT files or PDF files if you prefer (file, download as, choose your format)

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Cover Credit: Thank you to Aneta Design and The Magic Nova for clip art in the cover images!