Less than $5 Middle School End of Year Resources (by date, oldest first)
Research | Project Based Learning | Any Subject | High School
By Blooming Through High School
Integrated research and project based learning for Middle and High School
Your students will love forming a question and seeing where it takes them. This is SUPER FUN LEARNING that will keep engagement high for the middle or end of the semester.
You will love that that everything is set up for you to monitor students while they research and create.
End of the Year Reflection and Review & New Year Goals and Resolutions
By Homeschool with Big Easy Homeschooling Mom
Your students/children will enjoy this end-of-the year reflection and review/new year goals and resolutions activity/project. It will help them reflect and review their challenges, accomplishments, and highlights of 2023 as well as what goals and inspirations they want to bring into 2024.
This is a printable PDF.
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‧₊˚✧ Happy New Year ✧˚₊‧
Tina Arozena
Big Easy Homeschooling Mom
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By Homeschool with Big Easy Homeschooling Mom
This word sleuth will provide your students/children with a fun journey through Geometry with key vocabulary words. It can be done in class, centers, or as a fun homework assignment.
Word sleuth is in PPTX format along with the answer key.
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3rd 4th 5th Grade Year Round Choice Board ELA Creativity Activity Worksheet
By Ciandra Salhab
Elevate your reading instruction with our 4th Grade Reading Creativity Choice Board! Designed to enhance student engagement and foster a love for reading, this choice board offers a variety of fun, interactive activities that cater to diverse learning styles. Ideal for end-of-year activities, independent work, or literacy centers, this resource helps combat boredom and keeps students motivated.
What’s Included:
- Choice Board with 20 Engaging Activities: Categorized into four distinct areas ensuring a well-rounded approach to reading comprehension and literary analysis.
- Detailed Rubric: A comprehensive rubric to easily assess student performance, ensuring clear expectations and consistent grading.
Key Features:
✨ Variety of Activities: From creating a book trailer to designing a comic strip, students can choose activities that align with their interests and strengths.
✨ Student Autonomy: Encourages independent learning and decision-making as students select their preferred tasks.
✨ Easy to Use: Ready-to-print and digital-friendly, making it simple to integrate into your classroom routine.
Benefits:
✦ Enhances Engagement: Keeps students interested and involved in their reading assignments.
✦ Promotes Critical Thinking: Activities require students to analyze, synthesize, and evaluate information.
✦ Supports Differentiation: Perfect for diverse classrooms, offering multiple entry points for all learners.
Perfect For:
☑ End-of-Year Activities
☑ Literacy Center
☑ Independent Work
☑ Homework Assignments
Why Teachers Love It❤️: "This choice board has transformed my reading lessons. My students are more engaged and excited about their reading activities. The rubric makes grading straightforward and consistent."
Disclaimer⚠️: Some activities across different boards may be similar but are tailored to different topics to maintain relevance and variety.
Need Help or Have Questions?
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3rd 4th 5th Grade Year Round Choice Board Writing Extension Activity Sheet
By Ciandra Salhab
Elevate your reading instruction with our 4th Grade Writing Choice Board! Designed to enhance student engagement and foster a love for reading, this choice board offers a variety of fun, interactive activities that cater to diverse learning styles. Ideal for end-of-year activities, independent work, or literacy centers, this resource helps combat boredom and keeps students motivated.
What’s Included:
- Choice Board with 20 Engaging Activities: Categorized into four distinct areas ensuring a well-rounded approach to reading comprehension and literary analysis.
- Detailed Rubric: A comprehensive rubric to easily assess student performance, ensuring clear expectations and consistent grading.
Key Features:
✨ Variety of Activities: From creating a book trailer to designing a comic strip, students can choose activities that align with their interests and strengths.
✨ Student Autonomy: Encourages independent learning and decision-making as students select their preferred tasks.
✨ Easy to Use: Ready-to-print and digital-friendly, making it simple to integrate into your classroom routine.
Benefits:
✦ Enhances Engagement: Keeps students interested and involved in their reading assignments.
✦ Promotes Critical Thinking: Activities require students to analyze, synthesize, and evaluate information.
✦ Supports Differentiation: Perfect for diverse classrooms, offering multiple entry points for all learners.
Perfect For:
☑ End-of-Year Activities
☑ Literacy Center
☑ Independent Work
☑ Homework Assignments
Why Teachers Love It❤️: "This choice board has transformed my reading lessons. My students are more engaged and excited about their reading activities. The rubric makes grading straightforward and consistent."
Disclaimer⚠️: Some activities across different boards may be similar but are tailored to different topics to maintain relevance and variety.
Need Help or Have Questions?
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3rd 4th 5th Grade Year Round Choice Board Text Feature Activity Worksheet
By Ciandra Salhab
Elevate your reading instruction with our 4th Grade Text Feature Choice Board! Designed to enhance student engagement and foster a love for reading, this choice board offers a variety of fun, interactive activities that cater to diverse learning styles. Ideal for end-of-year activities, independent work, or literacy centers, this resource helps combat boredom and keeps students motivated.
What’s Included:
- Choice Board with 20 Engaging Activities: Categorized into four distinct areas ensuring a well-rounded approach to reading comprehension and literary analysis.
- Detailed Rubric: A comprehensive rubric to easily assess student performance, ensuring clear expectations and consistent grading.
Key Features:
✨ Variety of Activities: From creating a book trailer to designing a comic strip, students can choose activities that align with their interests and strengths.
✨ Student Autonomy: Encourages independent learning and decision-making as students select their preferred tasks.
✨ Easy to Use: Ready-to-print and digital-friendly, making it simple to integrate into your classroom routine.
Benefits:
✦ Enhances Engagement: Keeps students interested and involved in their reading assignments.
✦ Promotes Critical Thinking: Activities require students to analyze, synthesize, and evaluate information.
✦ Supports Differentiation: Perfect for diverse classrooms, offering multiple entry points for all learners.
Perfect For:
☑ End-of-Year Activities
☑ Literacy Center
☑ Independent Work
☑ Homework Assignments
Why Teachers Love It❤️: "This choice board has transformed my reading lessons. My students are more engaged and excited about their reading activities. The rubric makes grading straightforward and consistent."
Disclaimer⚠️: Some activities across different boards may be similar but are tailored to different topics to maintain relevance and variety.
Need Help or Have Questions?
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4th 5th Grade Year Round Choice Board Figurative Language Activity Worksheet
By Ciandra Salhab
Elevate your reading instruction with our 4th Grade Figurative Language Choice Board! Designed to enhance student engagement and foster a love for reading, this choice board offers a variety of fun, interactive activities that cater to diverse learning styles. Ideal for end-of-year activities, independent work, or literacy centers, this resource helps combat boredom and keeps students motivated.
What’s Included:
- Choice Board with 20 Engaging Activities: Categorized into four distinct areas ensuring a well-rounded approach to reading comprehension and literary analysis.
- Detailed Rubric: A comprehensive rubric to easily assess student performance, ensuring clear expectations and consistent grading.
Key Features:
✨ Variety of Activities: From creating a book trailer to designing a comic strip, students can choose activities that align with their interests and strengths.
✨ Student Autonomy: Encourages independent learning and decision-making as students select their preferred tasks.
✨ Easy to Use: Ready-to-print and digital-friendly, making it simple to integrate into your classroom routine.
Benefits:
✦ Enhances Engagement: Keeps students interested and involved in their reading assignments.
✦ Promotes Critical Thinking: Activities require students to analyze, synthesize, and evaluate information.
✦ Supports Differentiation: Perfect for diverse classrooms, offering multiple entry points for all learners.
Perfect For:
☑ End-of-Year Activities
☑ Literacy Center
☑ Independent Work
☑ Homework Assignments
Why Teachers Love It❤️: "This choice board has transformed my reading lessons. My students are more engaged and excited about their reading activities. The rubric makes grading straightforward and consistent."
Disclaimer⚠️: Some activities across different boards may be similar but are tailored to different topics to maintain relevance and variety.
Need Help or Have Questions?
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3rd-5th Choice Board Reading ELA Year Round Bundle Extension Enrichment Activity
By Ciandra Salhab
Engage ✨and inspire your 4th-grade students with this comprehensive bundle of ELA choice boards! This bundle includes five diverse and engaging choice boards designed to cater to early finishers, high achievers, and any student looking to deepen their understanding of ELA concepts. Each choice board is packed with a variety of activities that promote creativity, critical thinking, and independent learning.
*This product is not editable*
Included Choice Boards:
- Reading: Activities that encourage students to explore and analyze texts, fostering a love for reading and improving comprehension skills.
- Writing: Creative and structured writing tasks that enhance students’ writing abilities and allow them to express their ideas effectively.
- Creativity: Fun and imaginative activities that encourage students to think outside the box and develop their creative skills.
- Figurative Language: Interactive exercises to help students master similes, metaphors, idioms, and other figurative language elements.
- Text Features: Activities focused on identifying and understanding various text features in different types of texts, such as diagrams, captions, and indexes.
Features:
✨ 100 Activities: This bundle offers a total of 100 engaging activities, providing ample opportunities for student learning and growth.
✨ Versatile Use: Perfect for early finishers, high achievers, independent work, or as supplemental activities.
✨ Teacher Tips: Each choice board comes with detailed teacher tips to ensure smooth implementation and maximum student engagement.
✨ Customizable: Options to adjust the number of activities students must complete, catering to different classroom needs and time constraints.
✨ Optional Rubrics: Included rubrics to help you assess students’ work and hold them accountable.
Why You’ll Love It:
❤️ Promotes Independent Learning: Empowers students to take charge of their learning through choice and self-direction.
❤️ Enhances Engagement: Keeps students motivated with a variety of fun and challenging activities.
❤️ Supports Differentiation: Offers a range of activities to meet diverse learning needs and interests.
Disclaimer: Some activities across different boards may be similar but are tailored to different topics to maintain relevance and variety.
Transform your ELA classroom with these dynamic and engaging choice boards.
Need Help or Have Questions?
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Memories from the Year Video Project - End of Year Activity | Distance Learning
By Innovations in Technology
Memories from the Year (video project) gives students an opportunity to share their memories from the school year as a culminating activity to the year. It uses the Web 2.0 tool, WeVideo, which is convenient for teachers and students since it does not require download. Students use existing pictures and videos or shoot additional ones and then combine those with WeVideo’s built in music to create a video retrospective of the year. The project was created for 7th and 8th graders but could easily be adapted to use with upper elementary through early high school.
This lesson is great for distance learning/remote learning. You can upload it to your school's learning management system (Google Classroom, Edmodo, Canvas, etc.) or share with students via Google Drive.
Files Included with this Lesson
• Teacher & Student Notes and Resources
• Video Project Instructions, Expectations & Grading Rubric
• Video Planning Worksheet
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End of the Year Recap - Video Project Using Canva
By Innovations in Technology
Lesson Overview
In this lesson, students reflect on their learning for the year using a set of prompts and creating a video using Canva (free, online software). A tutorial is included for the project, along with student expectations, instructions, prompts, and a grading rubric. This is a great way to let students reflect on their learning for the year and to share memories.
It was designed for middle school (grades 6-8) but could be used equally as well in high school classes.
Materials Required:
· Computers with Internet access for each student (or pair of students)
· Software such as Microsoft Word or Google Docs
Files included:
· Teacher & Student Resources
· Video project – Instructions, expectations, prompts and grading rubric
· Canva Tutorial
Approximate Lesson Duration:
· 2-3 (50 minute) class periods
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"I'll Always Remember" - End of the Year PowerPoint Project | Distance Learning
By Innovations in Technology
“I’ll Always Remember” PowerPoint end-of-the-year project gives students an opportunity to creatively express their memories from each of their classes for the year. In this project, they combine pictures with a short paragraph about a specific memory they will “always remember” from each of their classes. The project was created for 8th graders but could easily be adapted to use with high school students.
This lesson is great for distance learning/remote learning. You can upload it to your school's learning management system (Google Classroom, Edmodo, Canvas, etc.) or share with students via Google Drive.
Files Included with this Lesson
• Teacher & Student Notes and Resources
• “I’ll Always Remember” PowerPoint Student Instructions, Expectations & Grading Rubric
• Photo release form
• Sample Slide (.pdf)
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Best Work Online Portfolio End of Year Project in Weebly | Distance Learning
By Innovations in Technology
Showcasing the Year’s Best Work in an Online Weebly Portfolio utilizes the free Web 2.0 tool www.weebly.com to create an online portfolio/web site. No download is required to use the product, making it easy for teachers who are not able to download software on classroom computers to still give their students a choice in learning.
In this lesson, students are provided with a quick tutorial, as well as links to other resources to help them with their designs. The tutorial is intended to help students get started with the program and then use the resources within the program to refine their creations.
This lesson is great for distance learning/remote learning. You can upload it to your school's learning management system (Google Classroom, Edmodo, Canvas, etc.) or share with students via Google Drive.
Files Included with this Lesson
• Teacher Notes and Resources
• Quick Getting Started Tutorial for Students
• Student Instructions, Expectations and Grading Rubric for Online Portfolio Project
This project was created for 7th and 8th graders but would also be appropriate for upper elementary or early high school students.
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By Educate and Create
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.
By Educate and Create
Want your students to have a growth mindset? Looking for a good activity for them to reflect upon their strengths and weaknesses? Want to be sure your students are setting goals for next year? Look no further! This flipbook is for students to reflect at the end of the year on their accomplishments and challenges. There's a section for goal making and for students to think about what they can do to achieve their dreams. Many students end up surprised by all that they've done in one year.
By Educate and Create
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.
FREE | End of the Year Award | PowerPoint EDITABLE
By A Curious Lemon Clipart
The FREE STAR STUDENT - END OF THE YEAR AWARD - EDITABLE was designed to be used in your personal projects. It is intended to bring joy to your classroom, providing a colorful way to honor and celebrate your students. Let A CURIOUS LEMON CLIPART be your ally!
This ZIP FILE includes:
1xPPTX file containing 1 full color award and 1 B&W version.
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You are allowed to utilize my FREE ready-made resource in your personal projects only. You can see an overview of the Terms of Use in the preview of this product.
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Check out my collection of editable, full-color awards! With 10 designs to choose from, you're sure to find the perfect one for your needs.
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End of the Year Awards | PowerPoint EDITABLE
By A Curious Lemon Clipart
The STAR STUDENT - END OF THE YEAR AWARDS - EDITABLE were designed to be used in your personal projects. They are intended to bring joy to your classroom, providing a colorful way to honor and celebrate your students. Let A CURIOUS LEMON CLIPART be your ally!
This ZIP FILE includes:
1xPPTX file containing 10 full color awards and 1 B&W version.
Terms of use.
You are allowed to utilize my ready-made resource in your personal projects only. You can see an overview of the Terms of Use in the preview of this product.
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Summer Coloring Pages | Summer Whimsy Collection
By A Curious Lemon Clipart
The Summer Coloring Pages | Summer Whimsy Collection were designed to be used in your personal projects. They are intended to bring fun to your class, providing a colorful way to explore the spirit of Summer. Let A CURIOUS LEMON CLIPART be your ally!
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1x PDF file containing 10x black & white pages.
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Our Planet | Episode 8: Forests Worksheet and Answer Key PDF
By Danielle Mortimore
Looking for a simple worksheet for students to complete while watching the last episode, episode 8 of Our Planet: Forests?
Our Planet is a British nature documentary series made for Netflix. The series is narrated by David Attenborough and produced by Silverback Films, led by Alastair Fothergill and Keith Scholey, who also created BBC documentary series Planet Earth, Frozen Planet and The Blue Planet, in collaboration with the conservation charity World Wildlife Fund (WWF).
Netflix has the free episodes of their Our Planet series on YouTube. Each episode is between 49 to 51 minutes long. I usually have students vote on which one they want to watch. You do NOT have to watch them in order.
These episodes are great for sub plans and for days where the students just need to chill, such as after field days or any weird schedule days. Make sure to read the questions to the students beforehand so that they know what information they are looking for.
The product includes...
- Teacher notes
- Student worksheet (15 short answer questions)
- Answer key
NGSS - Middle School
- MS-LS2-4: Construct an argument supported by empirical evidence that changes to physical or biological components of an ecosystem affect populations.
- MS-LS2-5: Evaluate competing design solutions for maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem services.
- MS-ESS3-5: Ask questions to clarify evidence of the factors that have caused the rise in global temperatures over the past century.
- MS-ESS3-3: Apply scientific principles to design a method for monitoring and minimizing a human impact on the environment.
- MS-ESS3-4: Construct an argument supported by evidence for how increases in human population and per-capita consumption of natural resources impact Earth's systems.
TN State Standards
- 6.LS2.1: Evaluate and communicate the impact of environmental variables on population size
- 6.LS2.2: Determine the impact of competitive, symbiotic, and predatory interactions in an ecosystem
- 6.LS2.6: Research the ways in which an ecosystem has changed over time in response to changes in physical conditions, population balances, human interactions, and natural catastrophes
- 6.LS4.1: Explain how changes in biodiversity would impact ecosystem stability and natural resources
- 6.LS4.2: Design a possible solution for maintaining biodiversity of ecosystems while still providing necessary human resources without disrupting environmental equilibrium
- 6.ESS3.3: Assess the impacts of human activities on the biosphere including conservation, habitat management, species endangerment, and extinction
Kiss the Ground - Science video documentary - Worksheet and Key PDF
By Danielle Mortimore
Looking for a worksheet for students to complete while watching the documentary "Kiss the Ground"? This is perfect for sub plans and days where student do not have devices, like the end of the year! It features 18 short answers questions and the key. Directions on how to get the movie for free for teachers are also included!
Movie info: "Kiss the Ground" is a documentary that explores the importance of healthy soil for the planet. The film explains how modern agricultural practices have led to soil degradation and environmental issues such as climate change. Most students know very little about the soil even though they interact with it directly or indirectly every day. This activity is perfect for Earth Day or sub plans if your sub has access to the computer (or your favorite partner teacher can set it up for them!)
NGSS - Middle School
- MS-LS2-3: Develop a model to describe the cycling of matter and flow of energy among living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem.
- MS-LS2-5: Evaluate competing design solutions for maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem services.
- MS-ESS3-1: Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how the uneven distributions of Earth's mineral, energy, and groundwater resources are the result of past and current geoscience processes.
TN State Standards
- 6.LS2.6: Research the ways in which an ecosystem has changed over time in response to changes in physical conditions, population balances, human interactions, and natural catastrophes.
- 6.LS4.1: Explain how changes in biodiversity would impact ecosystem stability and natural resources.