5 AWESOME Middle School End of the Year Activities- The end of the year is typically a time of chaos. There are final exams, award ceremonies, parties, etc. that encapsulate the last days of school. On top of that, teachers are just done! And you know what? I think our students feel the same way! As we end the year, we want lessons and activities to be simple, yet engaging.
You don’t have to rush through a research paper or start a whole new unit, but we do want our students to develop their critical thinking, get better at writing, prepare for the next year a bit, and practice what they have learned. Why not make the end of the year a FUN time that encourages creativity and innovation as well as connects to our students’ own lives?
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5 Middle School End of the Year Activities
1. My Summer in Social Media
This Digital End of Year Activities Pack is a captivating way to engage your middle and high school students as they close out the year in distance learning! They will reflect on their summer dreams and real-life scenarios by creating social media posts based on their ideal and/or realistic summer(s)!
Create a SOCIAL MEDIA POST based on your IDEAL SUMMER or REALISTIC SUMMER! Let’s be honest; they can be completely different! Be sure to consider the following:
- people
- setting
- actions
- headline
- description
- comments
- hashtags
- etc.
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2. My Summer Goals
As teachers, we set goals all of the time. I don’t know about you, but I even make goals for summer, winter, and spring break. Whether it is reading a book, developing lesson plans, or looking to the next state reading test, I am always looking for ways to improve myself and my students. One way you could get your students thinking about the summer and making good use of this time is to help them set goals as a part of your Middle School End of the Year Activities!
My Summer Goals Worksheet:
PROMPT: During the summer, we tend to relax, kick up our feet, or just plain sleep. After a while, our days can get boring or repetitive. The summer, however, can be more than that. Think about some ways you can grow emotionally, mentally, physically, and spiritually over the summer. List 1 or more goals in each category and explain how you might achieve each goal. Use specific examples to support your ideas!
*You could help your students brainstorm as a whole group, in pairs, or independently. Definitely show the teacher examples for inspiration as well in the My Summer Goals Worksheet!
My Summer Goals Writing Response:
PROMPT: Think about some ways you can grow emotionally, mentally, physically, and/or spiritually over the summer. How might you achieve at least 2 goals in 2 different areas? Use specific examples to support your ideas in at least 1 fully developed paragraph.
To differentiate, feel free to let students work together or independently, only respond in 1 or 2 paragraphs, or use the example as a template from the My Summer Goals Writing Response Pack!
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3. End of the Year Reflections
This End of Year Reflections Activities Pack is a FUN way to engage your middle and high school students as they close out the year or continue in summer learning! They will reflect on how they have grown in various areas of their lives such as reading ability, physicality, education, etc. We all want to grow and mature, and these questions from the End of Year Reflections Activities Pack will help students focus on specific parts of their lives that have exhibited growth over the last year!
4. My Perfect Summer Middle School End of the Year Activities
My Perfect Summer Writing Response:
To differentiate, feel free to let students work together or independently, only respond in 1 or 2 paragraphs, or use the example as a template from the My Perfect Summer Pack!
My Perfect Summer Visual:
Encourage your students to visualize an ideal summer! You could help your students brainstorm as a whole group, in pairs, or independently. Definitely show the teacher example for inspiration as well from the My Perfect Summer Pack!
Directions: If you could have an absolutely perfect summer, what would that look like? What would you do? Where would you go? Who would you see? Write at least 1 detailed paragraph that depicts your “PERFECT SUMMER!”
5. My Summer in Film
Students love movies…okay, we all love movies! And one of the best ways to engage students is through movie clips or whole movie analyses! We all like the action and adventure of a world outside of ourselves, and who doesn’t the idea of being the hero of our own movie?
This Digital Summer School and End of Year Activities Pack is a FUN way to engage your middle and high school students as they reflect on their summer by creating a film scene and movie poster based on their ideal and/or realistic summer(s)!
PROMPT IDEA: Create a FILM SCENE based on your IDEAL SUMMER! Be sure to consider the characters, setting, actions, and dialogue.
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Why do we need Engaging Middle School End of the Year Activities?
- They help to occupy students with high energy.
- They allow students to have fun after standardized tests.
- They get students thinking about the summer.
- They encourage students to think about next year.
- They are simple and easy to teach!
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