Middle School End of Year Games (by date, oldest first)

A fun activity which requires students to walk around and talk to each other. There are a total of 30 cards. A great way for students to learn about one another and remember classmates.

Looking for a fun way to get your students moving? Want to have them collaborating at the end of the year? Want to leave a lasting and fun impression upon them? Look no further. The End of the Year Escape Room will have students moving and working together to solve different tasks: Puzzle, Maze, Riddles, and Embedded Message.

A fun activity which requires students to walk around and talk to each other. There are a total of 48 pieces. A great way for students to learn about one another and remember classmates.

Use this Summer-themed end-of-the-year AVID speed philosophical chairs as an icebreaker or team-building activity! This resource helps to promote debate through dialogue and public speaking in your classroom and gets students excited for summer break! Students will learn what speed philosophical chairs is and they will enjoy some exciting dialogue through 20 fun debate topics.

For example, students will choose to agree or disagree with the statement, "summer break should be longer with fewer breaks during the school year."

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Directions:

1. A central statement will be announced to the class and you will define the two sides of the debate (Agree/Disagree).
2. Students move to the side of the room that they intend to defend.
3. An embedded timer will be set for 5 minutes, and the debate will start between the two groups.
4. Students attempt to keep contributions to less than 30 seconds each.
5. A new prompt is displayed and we start another round of quick debates.

What's Included:

• A teaching slide for "the why" of speed philosophical chairs
• A slide that includes the rules of engagement for students
• A slide for the steps of this speed philosophical chairs activity
• 20-speed philosophical chairs Christmas-themed debate statements
• A 5-minute silent timer embedded in each slide

Font Credits

Oh Hey ELA!

KA Fonts by Kaitlyn Albani

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More End of The Year Resources...

AVID iphone Memories Photo Album

Summer Roll a Story

AVID May Early Finisher Packet

AVID Awards

AVID End of Year | Summer Activity - Build a Costa Sandcastle Digital Resource: This digital lesson and activity is the perfect summer-themed resource to use at the end of the school year. This is perfect for building critical thinking skills in your AVID classroom! Use it as an inquiry icebreaker activity, a supplemental lesson for Costa's Level of Thinking, an inquiry lesson, a Fun Friday activity, or even for your end-of-year party!

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Directions:

• This 20 interactive Google Slides presentation first goes over Costa's level of thinking with details and examples for all 3 levels.
• Then students will follow directions on drawing or creating their own Costa sandcastle while answering leveled questions on the way!
• After students create their sandcastles and answer the Costa questions about them, they will write their own questions based on a summer scene!

What's Included:

• Essential questions slide
• 7 Costa's Level of Thinking teach slides
• 9 direction slides with step-by-step directions on how to create a Costa sandcastle and leveled questions for students to answer about their snowmen
• 1 slide with a winter scene where students will write their own leveled questions!

More End of The Year Resources...

AVID iphone Memories Photo Album

Summer Themed Speed Philosophical Chairs

Summer Roll a Story

AVID May Early Finisher Packet

AVID Awards

Flower Memories Writing & Craft

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End of Year | Summer Homophones | Stand Up Sit Down Digital Game: Your students will love this homophones PowerPoint! This highly visual and interactive digital activity will not only get your students moving but help them remember important homophones in their reading, spelling and writing!

What's Included in This PowerPoint

• Directions slide
• Homophones teach slide
• 20 summer-themed homophone game slides
• 1 editable template

Directions

• Read each sentence out loud.

• Students either stand or sit for the word they think fills in each blank.

• Consider setting a short timer or giving points for even more of a challenge!

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You can find the font "Oh Hey Beignet" used for the words "stand up" and "sit down" + titles by Lindsay Flood at Oh Hey ELA!

Summer | Think Fast Game | Printable Activity | Freebie: Students and even staff will love this no-prep Summer Think Fast game! Use it for after or before summer break as a brain break, morning meeting, fun Friday activity, or as a team building activity.

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What's Included

Summer Think Fast Game: 1 PDF Printable

Directions

• A timer will be set for 1 minute total.

• Each answer is one point. Most points wins!

• Examples: 3 foods that are cold, 3 summer months, 3 things that rhyme with swim...

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iPhone Class Memories

Summer Roll a Story

Looking for a fun and engaging end-of-year activity for your students? This summer fun interactive game includes 20 end of the year and summer-themed gibberish phrases for students to decipher and guess, perfect for building language and critical thinking skills.

What's Included:

• 20 nonsense words to turn into phrases
• 20 answer slides
• 10 second editable timers for each slide (simply replace with a timer of your choice or use the one provided)

Directions:

In a pair, group, or individually with a small whiteboard, read the group of unrelated words. Try to decipher them into real phrases before time runs out.

EXAMPLE: sad heard day = Saturday

Uses:

• morning meeting
• brain break
• reward
• community builder

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Use this summer/end-of-the-year no-prep icebreaker would you rather game as a brain break, morning meeting activity, community building activity, or discussion starters. You can also use these questions as writing prompts or even debate prompts. Your students will love having the opportunity to share and discuss some fun and silly summer traditions.

What's Included:

• 25 would you rather slides
• 1 directions slide
• 1 directions slide template for you to add your own directions
• 1 editable template for you to add your own would you rather prompts

Directions:

• Display the slides for students.
• Read the two options and students must choose which one they would rather do.
• Students can respond in many different ways: sharing with the whole class, small groups, partners, debating, writing, etc.

Would You Rather Example Slides:

Live in a boat for the summer OR live in a treehouse for the summer

Go surfing OR read or nap on the beach

Have seashells for ears OR have a starfish for a nose

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This no-prep End of the Year Stand Up Spanish Activity is the perfect game for the last day of school. Use this digital resource as an icebreaker the last week of school, community building activity or brain break! Students will love standing up or sitting down depending on their answer to the themed slides, such as "stand up if you tried something new this school year."

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What's Included:

• 20 stand up game slides
• Editable text boxes in Google Slides so you can change the statements on each individual slide to fit the needs of your own class
• Directions slide + editable directions slide

Sample Slides:

• Stand up if you won an award this school year.
• Stand up if you're moving over summer.
• Stand up if you played a sport this school year.

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Find Someone Who

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This no-prep End of the Year Find Someone Who Spanish Worksheet Activity is the perfect activity for the last day of school! Your students can practice their speaking and listening skills in Spanish while talking about things they did over the school year and future summer plans. Students will walk around the room and try to find classmates that fit into various themed categories, such as "find someone who was never absent this year."

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What's included:

• 1 Find Someone Who worksheet with 16 boxes for students to fill in (one with the title in Spanish and one with the title in English)
• Editable text boxes in Google Slides so you can change the phrases/directions to fit the needs of your own class

Directions:

• Students will walk around the room and try to find classmates that fit into various after spring break themed categories, such as "find someone who is going to a theme park this summer."
• The first person who fills in all 16 boxes first wins!

Some examples included:

• Find someone who has a sibling in this school.
• Find someone who has inspired you this year.
• Find someone who likes the same subject as you.

More End of the Year Resources:

Stand Up Sit Down

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Introducing the perfect end-of-year classroom digital game - "Google Slides Stand-Up"! This interactive and engaging before-summer-break game is designed to help your students reflect on their academic accomplishments and experiences throughout the school year as well as share exciting plans for the summer!

With "Google Slides Stand-Up," you'll have access to a set of pre-made slides with an editable template for you to customize to fit your own classroom needs.

As students read each statement, they will stand up if it relates to them. This not only provides a fun and interactive way to celebrate their achievements, but it also encourages students to reflect on their growth and progress over the school year while sharing exciting things coming up in their lives for the summer.

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Directions:

Read the statement on the slide

Students who relate to the statement will stand

Allow time for students to look around and share commonalities

Sample Slides:

Stand up if you're going on a trip this summer.

Stand up if you played a sport this school year.

Stand up if you made straight A's this school year.

What's Included:

20 "stand up if" google slides

Directions slide

Blank Directions Slide to add your own info

Blank Stand Up If slide to create your own

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Need a no-prep engaging ice breaker activity to end this school year with a bang? This interactive and engaging before summer break game is designed to help your students reflect on their academic accomplishments and experiences throughout the school year as well as share exciting plans for the summer!

Find someone who will help build classroom community while practicing speaking and listening skills. Students will walk around the room and try to find classmates that fit into various end of year and summer themed categories, such as "someone who made you laugh this year" This is the perfect activity to end the school year with!

What's included?

• 1 Find Someone Who worksheet with 16 boxes for students to fill in
• Editable version with clipart included
• Editable version without clipart

How to use:

• Students will walk around the room and find different classmates who fit the description in each box.
• Once they find a classmate who fits the description they will have them write their name in the box.
• Students will keep finding classmates until all 16 boxes are full.

Some examples included:

• Find someone who has plans to make some money this summer.
• Find someone who was never absent this year.
• Find someone who inspired you this year.

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This free no-prep End of the Year Stand Up Spanish Activity is the perfect game for the last day of school. Use this digital resource as an icebreaker the last week of school, community building activity or brain break! Students will love standing up or sitting down depending on their answer to the themed slides, such as "stand up if you reached an academic goal."

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What's Included:

• 3 stand up game slides
• Directions slide

Sample Slides:

• Stand up if you reached an academic goal.
• Stand up if you played a sport this school year.
• Stand up if you're going on a trip this summer.

More End of the Year Resources:

Stand Up Sit Down

Find Someone Who

More Spanish Resources:

Game & Activity Mega Growing Bundle

Find Someone Who Growing Bundle

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If you are looking for the perfect way to end the school year with a rigorous yet engaging activity your students will be talking about for years to come, look no further than this Escape to Summer Vacation Escape Room for ELA!

There is no wonder why escape rooms are so popular; they are highly engaging and encourage people to work together and think creatively in order to solve different puzzles... all while trying to beat the clock! This meticulously-crafted resource features all of the materials you need to conduct a full-length Escape Room. Planning an escape room may seem like quite the daunting task, but this product provides everything from the basics and set-up instructions to signs and answer keys so that yours runs smoothly from start to finish. The activity involves movement, energy, creative thinking and most of all, collaboration. Plus, all tasks are skills-based and aligned to the Common Core so that with the escape room, learning is not sacrificed. Your students will be having so much fun that they won’t even realize the higher order thinking skills they are applying in the playing of this game!

How does it work?

In order to graduate from your ELA class and escape to summer vacation, your students must escape your classroom by solving 5 different Language Arts skills-based puzzles, discovering a hidden message, and finding clues along the way.

• Summer Sayings: In the first task, students will read 8 beautiful literary quotes about summer and identify the parts of speech of underlined words within each passage. When parts of speech cards are arranged correctly, letters on the cards form the first code.
• Sizzlin' Summer Songs: In the second task, students must correctly identify the figurative language devices from fun summer songs. Shaded letters within the correct answers form the second code.
• Lovely & Temperate: In the third task, students will perform a close reading of Shakespeare's Sonnet 18, Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day. The letters of the multiple choice questions about the poem form the third code.
• Summer Stats: In the fourth task, students will read 8 fun facts about summer that each contain a commonly misused or misspelled word. Students must identify the incorrect word and write it down in their answer booklet. Shaded letters within the correct answers form the second code.
• Jig Saw Quote: In the fifth and final task, students must assemble a jig saw puzzle with a fun summer quote. (We can't give that away here!)

Product Includes:

- Escape Room Basics

- Detailed Day-Of Instructions

- Escape Room Print Checklist

- Student Teams Chart

- Materials for 5 Tasks: task signs to be folded upright, task instructions (2 per page for easy printing), and supplementary materials to be kept at stations

- Student Answer Booklet

- Teacher Answer Keys

- Code Word Theme Open Response for homework or in-class writing activity

- Escape Room Reflection for homework or in-class writing activity

This escape room is ideal for the end of the school year or any time you need to be in a summer state of mind.

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Overachiever? Start planning the upcoming year with a Back to School Escape Room:

⭐ Back to School ELA ESCAPE ROOM

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⭐ End of Year ELA Escape Room

⭐ End of Year ELA Escape Room - Pop Culture Edition

⭐ Poetry ESCAPE ROOM

⭐ Hero's Journey ESCAPE ROOM

⭐ Escape from Dystopia ESCAPE ROOM

⭐ Escape to Spring Break ESCAPE ROOM

⭐ Edgar Allan Poe ESCAPE ROOM

⭐ Shakespeare ESCAPE ROOM

⭐ Winter Themed ELA ESCAPE ROOM

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If you are looking for the perfect way to end the school year and send your students off to summer vacation in a very poetic fashion, look no further than this End of Year Poetry Escape Room!

There is no wonder why escape rooms are so popular; they are highly engaging and encourage people to work together and think creatively in order to solve different puzzles... all while trying to beat the clock! This meticulously-crafted resource features all of the materials you need to conduct a full-length poetry-based Escape Room. Planning an escape room may seem like quite the daunting task, but this product provides everything from the basics and set-up instructions to signs and answer keys so that yours runs smoothly from start to finish. The activity involves movement, energy, creative thinking and most of all, collaboration. Plus, all tasks are skills-based and aligned to the Common Core so that with the escape room, learning is not sacrificed. Your students will be having so much fun that they won’t even realize the higher order thinking skills they are applying in the playing of this game!

How does it work?

In order to graduate from your ELA class and make it to summer vacation, your students must escape your classroom by solving 5 different poetry-based puzzles, discovering a secret message, and finding clues along the way.

• Changing Tides: In the first task, students must will identify poetic devices in the poem, The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls by Henry Longfellow.
• School's End Sonnet: In the second task, students will answer multiple choice questions of a sonnet about the end of the school year.
• Watch Your Tone: In the third task, students must match excerpts from summery poems with their tones.
• Maze Craze: In the fourth task, students must solve a word maze.
• Van Gogh's Wisdom: The final task brings everything together in which students must input the codes from the first 4 tasks into a quote by Van Gogh using rhymes. When the quote is complete, they will escape to summer vacation.

Product Includes:

• Escape Room Basics
• Detailed Day-Of Instructions
• Escape Room Print Checklist
• Student Teams Chart
• Materials for 5 Tasks: task signs to be folded upright, task instructions (2 per page for easy printing), and necessary information to be kept at stations
• Student Answer Booklet
• Teacher Answer Keys
• Escape Room Reflection for homework or in-class writing activity

Although this escape room is ideal for the end of the school year, it can be used at any time throughout the year without modification.

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Like this escape room? You will LOVE our other end of year editions!

⭐ End of Year ELA Escape Room

⭐ End of Year Grammar Escape Room

⭐ End of Year ELA Escape Room - Pop Culture Edition

⭐ End of Year ELA Escape Room SECOND EDITION

⭐ End of Year ELA Digital Escape Room

And because your students will be begging to do more escape rooms...

⭐ Poetry ESCAPE ROOM

⭐ Hero's Journey ESCAPE ROOM

⭐ Escape from Dystopia ESCAPE ROOM

⭐ Escape to Spring Break ESCAPE ROOM

⭐ Edgar Allan Poe ESCAPE ROOM

⭐ Shakespeare ESCAPE ROOM

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***Newly added material - End of Year Poetry Escape Room!***

This bundle features all 6 of our rigorous and engaging End of Year Escape Rooms for ELA!

There is no wonder why escape rooms are so popular; they are highly engaging and encourage people to work together and think creatively in order to solve different puzzles... all while trying to beat the clock! This meticulously-crafted resource features all of the materials you need to conduct 6 full-length ELA Escape Rooms ideal for the end of the school year. Planning an escape room may seem like quite the daunting task, but this product provides everything from the basics and set-up instructions to signs and answer keys so that yours run smoothly from start to finish. These activities involve movement, energy, creative thinking and most of all, collaboration. Your students will be having so much fun that they won’t even realize the higher order thinking skills they are applying in the playing of these games!

How does it work?

Your students must learn to collaborate with their peers to escape to summer vacation by solving 6 different Language Arts skills-based puzzles, discovering hidden messages, and finding clues along the way.

Each Escape Room Includes:

- Escape Room Basics

- Detailed Day-Of Instructions

- Escape Room Print Checklist

- Student Teams Chart

- Materials for 5 Tasks: task signs to be folded upright, task instructions (2 per page for easy printing), and supplementary materials

- Student Answer Sheets/Booklets

- Teacher Answer Keys

- Escape Room Reflection for homework or in-class writing activity

Although these escape rooms are ideal for the end of the school year, they can be used at any time without modification. Purchasing this bundle saves 30% off the cover price of the 6 escape rooms. More escape rooms will be added as they are made at no extra charge.

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This bundle features a full year's worth (one escape room per month) of our rigorous and engaging escape rooms for your secondary Language Arts classroom.

There is no wonder why escape rooms are so popular; they are highly engaging and encourage people to work together and think creatively in order to solve different puzzles... all while trying to beat the clock! This meticulously-crafted resource features all of the materials you need to conduct 12 full-length ELA Escape Rooms. Planning an escape room may seem like quite the daunting task, but this product provides everything from the basics and set-up instructions to signs and answer keys so that yours run smoothly from start to finish. These activities involve movement, energy, creative thinking and most of all, collaboration. Plus, all tasks are skills-based and aligned to the Common Core so that with each escape room, learning is not sacrificed. Your students will be having so much fun that they won’t even realize the higher order thinking skills they are applying in the playing of these games!

How does it work?

Your students must work to escape your classroom by solving 5 different Language Arts skills-based puzzles, discovering hidden messages, and finding clues along the way.

Each Escape Room Includes:

- Escape Room Basics

- Detailed Day-Of Instructions

- Escape Room Print Checklist

- Student Teams Chart

- Welcome Sign for Your Door

- Materials for 5 Tasks: task signs to be folded upright, task instructions (2 per page for easy printing), and necessary information to be kept at stations

- Student Answer Booklets (small and large options)

- Teacher Answer Keys

- Code Word Theme Open Response for homework or in-class writing activity

- Escape Room Reflection for homework or in-class writing activity

Suggested Escape Room Progression:

• August - Back to School ELA Escape Room
• September - Poetry ESCAPE ROOM
• October - Halloween ESCAPE ROOM
• November - Thanksgiving ESCAPE ROOM
• December - Christmas ESCAPE ROOM
• January - Winter Themed ELA ESCAPE ROOM
• February - Shakespeare ESCAPE ROOM
• March - 100th Day of School ELA Escape Room
• April - Escape to Spring Break ESCAPE ROOM
• May - Hero's Journey ESCAPE ROOM
• June - End of Year ELA Escape Room
• July - Escape to Summer Vacation ELA Escape Room

Purchasing this bundle saves over 30% off the cover price of a year's worth of escape rooms. All are suitable for middle-high school students.

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If this combination of escape rooms isn't exactly what you're looking for, check out volumes 1 & 3 as well as our digital escape room bundle:

⭐ Full Year of ELA Escape Rooms BUNDLE - Volume 2

⭐ Full Year of ELA Escape Rooms BUNDLE - Volume 3

⭐ Full Year of Digital ELA Escape Rooms BUNDLE

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Celebrate Graduation with Engaging Vocabulary Practice!

Make graduation vocabulary a breeze with this Graduation Crossword Puzzle Set! Perfect for graduating fifth graders and relaxing for graduating eighth graders, this set includes ten unique puzzles created to enhance students' vocabulary in preparation for their big day. From "diploma" to "commencement," these puzzles are a fun and educational addition to any classroom.

Key Features:

• Ten unique graduation-themed crossword puzzles
• Answer keys included for easy grading
• No prep is required, just print and go!
• An engaging way to reinforce graduation vocabulary

How to Use:

• Use as a fun activity for early finishers.
• Keep students engaged during indoor recess.
• Provide a rewarding challenge after testing.
• Incorporate into graduation preparation activities for a fun twist on learning key terms.

Prepare your students for graduation while keeping them engaged and excited about learning with this Graduation Crossword Puzzle Set!

Celebrate Graduation with Engaging Vocabulary Practice!

Make graduation vocabulary fun and accessible with this Graduation Word Search Puzzle Set! Perfect for fifth and eight graders alike, this set includes ten unique puzzles filled with graduation-related words. From "cap" to "celebrate," these puzzles offer a fun and educational way to reinforce key vocabulary.

Key Features:

• Ten unique graduation-themed word search puzzles
• Answer keys included for easy reference
• No prep is required, just print and go!
• Engaging way to reinforce graduation vocabulary

How to Use:

• Use as a fun activity for early finishers.
• Keep students engaged during indoor recess.
• Provide a rewarding challenge after testing.
• Incorporate into graduation preparation activities for a fun twist on learning key terms.

Prepare your students for graduation while keeping them engaged and excited about learning with this Graduation Word Search Puzzle Set!