It’s getting close to the end of the school year and the countdown is on for summer. These end-of-the-year resources are a great way to keep your students engaged in educational activities through to the last day of school.
From math games to word puzzles to holiday resources, we have fun end-of-year activities for all grade levels. Help students reflect on the past school year by creating memory books to share their favorite memories - a great activity for the last week of school.
You'll find helpful assessment advice for wording report cards and completing portfolio evaluations. There’s also a handy end-of-the-school-year awards kit, perfect if you want to celebrate students’ achievements with an awards ceremony.
Help keep learning going over the summer break with our summer activities. Choose from book lists and related activities to keep them interested in reading, summer writing prompts and printables, or educational games they can download and enjoy all summer long!
End-of-the-School-Year Activities & Printables
Choose from worksheets and fun activities to help students practice their reading, writing, and math skills in those final weeks, on the last day of school, and during the summer break. If you’d like students to reflect on the past school year, try our end-of-the-year memory activities. Students can get hands-on creating memory books and keepsakes, or choose from cross-curricular reflection activities.
- End of the School Year Memories Project
- End Of Year Moments And Memories Activity
- Moving On Memory Book For Back To School Or End Of Year
- End of Year Reflection Choice Board for Elementary Students
- How Well Do You Know Me? End-of-Year Activity for Middle School and High School Students
- End of the Year Activities: Summer Camping Adventure for Grade 3
- Summer Fun Worksheets
- Katie Kazoo Book Group: End of the Year Discussion
- Summer Math
- Last Day Blues Stationery for Teachers
- Last Day Blues Student Poem for Teacher
- Reading Carnival
- MoreEnd-of-Year ActivitiesReading Carnival
End-of-the-School-Year Games & Puzzles
For some easy last-day-of-school activities, try these fun printable puzzles and downloadable games. They are great activities for keeping students engaged and learning in those final weeks before the end of the school year.
- Henry & Mudge Summer Splash Word Puzzles
- Math Puzzles & Fun Printable Book (K-4)
- Funbrain to Go
- Coolmath Games
- More Games & Puzzles
Assessment Resources
Make final grading and assessment easier with these report card comments and phrases, and support for completing portfolio evaluations.
- Portfolio Final Evaluation: Teacher Rating
- Portfolio Final Self-Evaluation
- Report Card Comments & PhrasesâEnd of Year
- More Assessment Advice & Forms
Summer Writing Prompts
Browse these writing activities to help students continue to build their writing skills over the summer break.
- 5 Ws & 1 H: My Day at the Beach
- Five Senses: A Day at the Beach
- Sensory Writing from an Object's Perspective: If I Were a Pair of Flip Flops...
- Elementary Summer Reading And Writing Enrichment Activity Packet
- Secondary Summer Reading And Writing Enrichment Activity Packet
Summer Reading Slideshows
Use these lists for reading inspiration over the summer break. Organized by grade levels, you can choose the best lists to share with your students - or get inspired for your own summer reading!
End-of-the-Year Awards & Certificates
Celebrate your students' achievements this past school year, or congratulate students on graduating to the next grade or finishing high school with these editable and printable awards. Choose from the specific awards below, or for elementary students, try our mega-pack of end-of-year awards for an awards ceremony to remember!
- End of Year Awards for Students Classroom Kit
- Graduation Certificate
- Star Performance Award
- Graduation Note: "Owl" Always Remember You
- Perfect Attendance Award
- Certificate of Outstanding Performance
- Reading Award
- More Awards and Certificates
End-of-the-Year Gifts
- Top 10 End-of-Year Gifts for Students
Teachers, find the perfect end-of-year gift for your students! These ten creative gift ideas are low-cost and easy to make. Each slide links to a free printable or gift instructions.
- Flower and Leaf Press
Students press flowers and plants with heavy books to make lovely decorations. Then, they use the pressed flowers to decorate note cards, which they can give as gifts to family and friends.
Holiday Resources
Browse teaching resources for the upcoming holidays this summer for fun and interesting ideas for integrating holidays into learning.
Additional Resources
- Summer - Teacher Resources
Summer brings heat, extended daylight, and fun. The topic of summer leads students to study biomes, habitats, weather, and more.
- Extension & Enrichment Activities
These enrichment activities are perfect for teachers and supervisors working with an extended-day program. A variety of cross-curricular arts & crafts, games, and puzzles will help you extend any topic.
- Report Cards: Advice & Suggested Comments
You'll find a collection of report card comments and phrases created to save you time at the end of each quarter. There are also advice handouts for parents on dealing with report cards.
