So, this post should have come in several smaller segments last week.... but between state testing celebration {surprising students with a trip to the movie theater to see
Frozen}, student talent show {complete with teachers movin' and groovin' in granny get-ups}, water games, and farewells, time to blog went by the wayside. To those of you already on break, maybe you'll find a few ideas to pin for later, and to those of you still in school, God's speed for summer and hopefully you'll find an idea or two that you can use!
First, part of our morning work came from the gals at
Pinkadots Elementary. We made 4th Grade Memory books, they turned out great! I love the student's suggestion of school starting at 10 a.m. I could be on board with that idea!
The fourth grade staff put together a water day for the students to do something fun for the end of the year. Unfortunately a thunderstorm delayed it until the last day of school. My station was a play on 'duck, duck, goose' with 'drip, drip, dunk'. 10 minutes was not nearly long enough, the students had a blast at my station. Each of the rotations was fun from water cup relays, to wet shirt relays, the kiddos were good and wet by the time it was all said and done.
The students voted on awards for each of their classmates. The certificates from Joanne at
Head Over Heels for Teaching, were terrific. I loved that she included a voting sheet, made life much easier for me when tabulating!
I gave the students a little something along with their compiled time capsules. We used
Fourth and Ten's Back to School pack for this. {Sorry I forgot to get a picture of that in the craziness!}
During the last week we made self portraits about what we were looking forward to most: one lens had ideas for summer and the other for next year. I found the idea at
Third Grade Love but free handed the glasses so I could photocopy them easier.
Before the last farewell, we got rid of some energy doing "Minute to Win It" games. So much fun! I found several games on Pinterest, and I chose just a few to do. I think that next year, I'm going to ask for some of the supplies at back to school time and make a 'minute to win it bucket' to store the supplies in and have on hand. The students had a blast!
Picking up noodles with a piece of spaghetti in your mouth, no hands.
Balancing six dice on a popsicle stick that's in your mouth.
Petroleum jelly on your nose, relay to see who can get the most cotton balls 8-10' away. Can only use your nose to pick up the cotton.
My favorite. Place a cookie on your face, and using only facial movements, no hands, get the cookie from the top of your face to your mouth.
It was a fun end to the school year!
With the end of the school year last week, I had an end of the year gift for my students made with the app Pic Collage. Students held up a whiteboard with what they want to be when they grow up and using the app, I was able to add a background and text to jazz things up.
One thing I love to do is try out new recipes. Get the scoop on this awesome sandwich or standalone meal, on Monday. While your at it link up your favorite recipes, meal ideas, and restaurant recommendations each Monday all summer long!
I finally blogged about most of our end of the year activities. I'm sure by the time I finish downloading various pictures I will probably have to do some "throwback Thursday" posts to catch up on all the topics I neglected to blog about over the last couple of weeks.
