![]() ![]() After playing games for a while, I do still have them read to keep that routine the same. I do leave most out though, so that students who forgot to bring in a game can use one of mine. Because they bring in their own games, this also means that I can put away some of mine for the summer. Students spend a while in the morning playing their favorite games that they have brought to school. My favorite day of the whole year is Board Game Bonanza Day. I love seeing my students read on their beach towels or in their sleeping bags – it makes them so excited to read for a long time! I have lots of fun read aloud and writing and math activities for these days as well. We go outside as much as possible for reading outside or for going on nature walks or playing water games. We also write our own fairy tales and play lots of fairy tale board games in math.Ĭool Camping and Beach Blast days are definitely a lot of fun, and perfect for going outside in the warmer weather. While this is just a fun theme day, this is a great opportunity to showcase the stereotypes typically found in fairy tales. I read them Paper Bag Princess and Cinder Ednawhich show women being smart and being the heroes of their own stories. Most of my students know the common fairy tale stories, so I like to read them two different kinds of fairy tales that showcase a more positive view of women, as opposed to the usual helpless stereotype of women. We end the day with the students making their own treasure maps.įor Fairy Tale Fun Day, the students can dress up as a fairy tale character if they want. Then we follow clues and go on a treasure hunt around school. We discuss and write whether we would actually like to be pirates or not. For Pirate Day, we dress up like pirates and read How I Became a Pirate. Starting with Pirate Day, the final 7 days are all encompassing theme days, the way that I use them anyways. ![]() I have also included a response sheet to write about their favorite books and math activities with adding dice and covering up “popping” the bubbles. If the weather is nice, then we spend a lot of time outside with bubbles and reading outside. For example, on Toy Day, students would write about their favorite toy and I have made some measurement sheets for students to measure their toys with non-standard units.īooks and Bubbles Day, Rainbow Day Backwards Day, Sunglasses Spectacular, and Pajama Party!īooks and Bubbles Day is such a fun and easy day! Students are so excited to read their favorite books with their friends and play with bubbles outside at recess. I have included literacy and math activities for these days as well. Bringing in toys or special items from home is a treat for students, because we don’t normally have that privilege. ![]() The first week of activities, as I mentioned, involve students bringing items into school or dressing up a certain way. Wacky Hat Day, Show and Tell, and Toy Day Here is a sample calendar that I use with my students to show you the order of activities that I use and the types of theme days I have. So what are these activities? Well they can all be found in my Special Days Bundle along with read aloud suggestions, literacy and math activities, and other fun activity ideas! But I will show you some of them here! It is so wonderful to know that I have activities planned for the last fifteen days of school that are engaging and reviews all that we have learned throughout the year. However, at the end of the school year (the last 7 days or so) I am pretty much out of curriculum and have no idea what to do with my students. Why? Because usually at the start of these theme days, I still have some curriculum to finish up and I can’t spend all day doing theme related activities. The way that I have organized it for mine, is that the theme days where the focus is more bringing something into school or wearing a certain outfit go first. The great part about these theme days, is that they can be done in any order that works best for your class. The students, the other staff, and me all look forward to these days – I look forward to them all year long! I have a calendar for the last 15 days of school with 15 different theme days. One of those tips, was to have something to look forward to each and every day. In my last post, I gave a bunch of tips for, not only surviving, but actually enjoying the end of the year. ![]()
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