The past couple of weeks have flown by. My school life and home life have meshed, and it's been absolutely nuts (love it, but still nuts). My "baby" just graduated PreK, my oldest was presenting his class play, and my in laws were visiting to celebrate my middle's upcoming bday - all last Friday. 3 1/2 days this week until summer.
Every year I do a send off to 5th grade - the Final Four Days in Fourth Grade. It's a big deal for myself and for the kids. I make it all fun, and I switch up what we do. Here's the plan for the rest of this week.
Tuesday: Art Day!
The basic premise is to use all the different mediums possible. We will be painting with Jello in the morning, creating Father's Day cards using Oil Pastels, melting crayons with hair dryers to make some crayon art, and making collages with our extra scrap paper. In between the big activities we will also be finishing up our State Symbol booklets with guided draws. I LOVE Art Day!
Wednesday: Science Experiment Day
Science Experiment Day involves a bunch of candy. Yep, CANDY! It's a kid's dream day.
I picked up this freebie from Stay and Play last year, and it worked perfectly. Most involved just water and basic materials. They were simple enough that I had the confidence to tackle these in groups, pairs, and whole class. We complete a simple Scientific Method as we go through these together.
Skittles - Color Separation
Pixie Sticks or Sour Candy - Acid Test
M&M's - Floating Candy Name
Lifesavers - Candy Sparks
Starbursts - Candy Clay
Candy Bars - Sink/Float
Pop Rocks - Exploding Candy
I also complete this Mad Scientist Craftivity and the grand finale is Mentos and Diet Coke. My dear wonderful husband comes and is the official Mentos dropper as the kids & I stand far away. :) Good times!
Thursday: Game Day
By Thursday I absolutely have to finish packing up the classroom and completing my check out sheet, so it's a lot of multi-tasking on my part. The kids are invited to bring in board games from home, and between giving time to work in groups to play them, we also play some of our favorite class games (Silent Ball, 4 Corners, Heads Up 7 Up, Around the World, etc).
Friday: Movie Morning
The last day of school goes by so quickly with it being a minimum day. I let the kids bring in G rated movies from home, and then as a class we vote on what to watch.
How do you celebrate the end of school? Please share!
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