Final Day Blues – Questions and Exercise Concepts for an Finish of 12 months Learn Aloud

Mrs. Hartwell’s college students mirrored on the college yr of their poem to Mrs. Hartwell. Have your college students equally replicate on the college yr – the issues they loved, what they realized, what they’ll miss. Then, allow them to full a enjoyable finish of yr writing exercise – writing a letter giving tricks to subsequent yr’s class. This exercise permits college students to put in writing with a significant function, figuring out that their ideas will assist different college students.

This Finish of 12 months Letter Writing Template is scaffolded to assist your 2nd, third, and 4th grade college students write a letter that’s considerate and might be helpful to any future college students who learn it. It has college students take into consideration what they’ve realized and what future college students ought to find out about their trainer. Better of all, it is no prep!

Assist your higher elementary college students replicate thoughtfully on the college yr with some finish of yr reflection questions. For instance:

• What was your favourite ebook that you just learn this college yr? What made this ebook so particular?
• What accomplishment from this college yr are you most happy with? Clarify.
• What’s one factor you would like your trainer had accomplished otherwise this college yr? Clarify.

Reflection questions additionally make nice finish of yr writing prompts – discover extra right here!

The writer of this ebook, Julie Danneberg, used each alliteration and onomatopoeia in the midst of the ebook – “And that is when an thought zipped, zapped, and zinged via Eddie’s mind.” Have your college students use this as inspiration to put in writing their very own finish of yr sentences with figurative language.

For instance:

• Have them give you onomatopoeia that describes a area journey you took through the college yr.
• Have them write an alliterative phrase that describes the college yr.
• Have them write a simile about one thing that occurred through the college yr.