As the excitement for summer vacation builds, both you and your students are starting to celebrate all the wonderful achievements and memories made throughout the school year. Get ready for the end of the year with these fun and engaging Memory Books. This writing activity is a creative and engaging project that serves as a keepsake to help students remember all the wonderful memories they made throughout the school year. Learn more about this fun end of the year memory book activity below!
End of the Year Memory Books
One of our favorite end of the school year resources we offer is our Memory Books. Learn more about what it is, what it includes, why teachers love it, and how you can use it in your classroom.
What are the End of the Year Memory Books?
The End of the Year Memory Book is a fun and engaging end of the year activity. This resource includes:
- Memory Book Cover Page
- Self(ie) Portrait
- My Favorite Things
- Snapshots of Our School Year
- Things We Learned About
- School Year Timeline
- The School Year in Review by Month
- Things I Can Do Now That I Couldn’t Do Before this School Year
- All About My Teacher
- My Favorite Book from this Year
- 5 Other Books I Enjoyed This Year
- Field Trip Memories
- Classmates Page
- A Peek in Our Classroom
- All About Our School
- People, Places and Things Found Around Our School
- Our Specials
- School Year Summary
- Top 10 Memory Jar
- Things I’m Proud Of
- When I Grow Up
- Summer Bucket List
- Yearbook Bucket List
Why Teachers Love These End of the Year Memory Books
Elementary teachers love these end of the year memory books because…
- The final product serves as a keepsake that students and their families will treasure years to come.
- It is not grade specific so you can use it year after year no matter what grade you teach.
- It’s a great fast finisher and filler task for the last couple of weeks of school when the schedule is often irregular.
- Students love these types of activities, so they’ll be engaged when working on them.
- This resource is quick and easy to prep, which saves you lots of time!
5 Ways Teachers Use this Memory Book
Below are the different ways elementary teachers use this resource in their classroom:
- last week of school activities
- end of the year gift
- filler tasks
- fast finisher tasks
- center activities
Related End of the School Year Activities
Below are some other popular end of the year activities you might be interested in.
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End of the School Year Read Alouds
Below are some popular read alouds for the end of the school year that you might find pair well.
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In closing, we hope you found this post about our popular end of the year memory books helpful. If you did, then you may also be interested in these other posts:
- End of the Year Activities for Elementary Students
- Last Day of School Read Alouds for Elementary Teachers
- What Teachers Should Do at the End of the School Year to Make Their Lives Easier in the Fall
