The Best Ideas: (And so many FREEBIES)
Tuesday night, I was featured on
a Twitter Chat all about the End of The Year.
Sooooo many ideas went flying by during the 1 hour chat.
I have listed some of the best ones below.
Here Are The 5 Best Ideas:
1. Create A Memory Book: I make the 10-page (12" X 12") book before school starts and then we just glue in a few items from each month. I try to include photos on each page too.
Here is a blog post about our memory books bit.ly/1EVYosz and a few images of some of our memory book pages:
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| Click the image to see the directions.bit.ly/1EVYosz |
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Students glue their photo on first and then the photos of 5 friends. These look so cute pinned up in your classroom for Open House.
3. Have a Last Day Celebration: Whether you have a graduation ceremony or just some Last Day FUN, here are some great ideas to make your last day awesome:
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| Make a Last Day or Graduation frame. |
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| Click the image for pre-k, Tk, or K certificates. |
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| Candles made from their old kindergarten crayons. Click the image for a FREE poem to go with these. |
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| Clean the tables, practice writing sight words and #s, and have FUN! |
4. Send Home An Individualized Summer Review: I use esgisoftware.com to print out a parent letter (comes in English AND Spanish) and flashcards so parents can help their child practice the skills they need over the summer.
I LOVE ESGI! They offer a FREE trial for 60 days and I have a code for you to receive $40 off of your 1st year. Just enter the code B2174 while grabbing your FREE 60 day trial.
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| The parent letter shows them the specific skills they have mastered and the ones they have not. |
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| The flashcards can be used to create games and to practice skills while in the car. I suggest that parents place flashcards in zipper-plastic bags to float in the bathtub! |
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| Your administrator will LOVE all of the data! Check out the sidebar at the right for more data. |
You can use the built-in assessments or you can even create your own!
Are you looking for some great TK Assessments?
I made some great assessments for TK (or Pre-K) that
combined the pre-school foundational skills with the CCSS for Kindergarten.
You will save so much time and your students will actually BEG to be tested!
Check our ESGI by clicking
HERE.
REMEMBER to use your
discount code:
B2174
5. Get Ready For The Next Year: Here are some ideas you can do now and store in the cupboard until the new school year:
Crayon Table Tray: (Fits 6 small or 4 jumbo crayons.)
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| Buy popsicle molds at the Dollar Store over the summer. Great for use on table tops and it promotes sorting every day! |
Crayon box organizers: FREE template for small or jumbo 8-count boxes.
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Remember to do something for yourself too. Attend a conference and get re-energized for the new school year. Here are 3 conferences I'll be presenting at over the next few months. I hope to see you there:
The Rocky Mountain Early Childhood Conference
April 17-18
Denver, Colorado:
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I Teach K!:
July 6-10
Las Vegas, Nevada:
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Frog Street's Splash:
July 30-Aug. 1
Grapevine, Texas:
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Two more things:
I have a new Educents Store where there is ALWAYS a FREEBIE and something on SALE:
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| Click the image to get your FREEBIE and see my SALE. |
Join us every Tuesday night on Twitter
#TeacherFriends
6PM Pacific Time
8PM Central Time
9PM Eastern Time
Use #TeacherFriends on Twitter
I suggest using Tweetdeck.com
(It's free and keeps the chat organized.)
I'll see you all on May 4th!
Palma :)
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