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end of year activities
By karenwilson

here are some things that I am doing- hope they help!
1. a little yearbook-
a.I ran off "memories" page- funniest thing that happened this year, saddest, most embarrassing, etc.
b. We sat down together, me at
the computer and had each child stand up one at a time, and the kids described that person and what they were like, and what they wished for them in the future.
c. had kids write their name at the top of a page of lined paper. they would pass it to the next student, that kid put their name in margin, and wrote down something nice about the paper's owner. Then pass to the next kid.

When it returned to the owner, it has comments from everyone in the class.
d. I ran off on the copier a class picture, with arrows pointing to each kid with my little silly comments on it.
e. an empty page for autographs and another empty page for addresses and phone numbers.
f. ran all of this off and bind it for each kid.

2. On the last day, I fill water balloons with hot water before class in the morning. At the end of the day, we go outside, and every child gets before me, and we yell "have a great life" and I prick the balloon with a pin, and dump it over their heads. (I warn them before, so they bring towels and an extra t shirt, if they wish.) We then get on the buses, and it's a great final ritual, which they look forward to every year.
GOOD LUCK@!