Wizard of Oz, Puppy Palooza, Lemonade Stand, Poetry Parade and a Book Swap

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I will add these tags to

a glow bracelet for a cheap

and easy end of year gift for

my students! I do several other

things as well! Check back next 

next Friday for all of my end of the

year activities!

  

1. Wizard of Oz

This is what greeted the students

Monday morning. Students were 

guessing away about what it could be

and what happened.  Later that day,

we looked through this cool pop up book.

We then watched The Wizard of Oz.

           

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We used parts of both this week.

Toto showed up to visit this week!

2. Puppy Palooza

        

This is an adorable unit and idea I read about on Reagan's blog. I just knew it would be perfect for 

an end of year activity! The kiddos are loving it! 

They got to adopt a puppy and teach it to read!

TOTAL engagement AND AT THE END OF THE YEAR!!!

It is based on the book How Rocket Learned to Read.

Click here and here to check it out on TpT!

I had about 15 dogs and found another 15 at our

used store in town.  They donated them all to me since it was for school! 

Our award ceremony for our

puppies who learned to read!

3. Lemonade Stand

My first graders sold lemonade  before and after school. We were going to donate the money to a  children's hospital this year, but after the tornado in Moore, OK, they want to send the money to the schools.  Last year, the kids voted to support Alex's Lemonade Stand, which is a wonderful cause as well.

4. Poetry Parade
I have most of our weekly poems on large posters.  I glued a copy of  the poem on the back of the posters. At the end of the year, we go on  a poetry parade and read our poems to the Kindergarten, 2nd grade and 3rd. Students could wear a silly hat for the parade and as you can see, this year, most forgot them!

5. Book Swap
Students decorate a cereal box, which becomes their summer reading box. They may bring up to 5 books to swap. The 2nd grade teacher and I lay out all of our books that we have saved for the  swap and the kids lay out their books. We send a few at a time to choose a new book, taking turns until they have chosen the number of books that they brought to the swap. At the end, we let the kids each choose  one more book as a surprise.

 

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