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End of the School Year Goodie Bags

 

I wrote all of my students names on their own brown paper bag (5th and 6th grade)
My 5th grade students decorated them in one day with markers, crayons, and colored pencils-front and back.

I did awards for my 6th grade students. I teach three 6th grade classes, so some students got the same award from different classes. I then went to dollar tree and got a little prize to go with the award.
Such awards you can find on the internet and Teachers Pay Teachers (for free). A few I used were:
Trendsetter, Best Handwriting, Mustache (must ask questions), Handy Helper, etc.

For my 5th grade students I printed a little paper that said, "Stay Kool This Summer" and tied each one to one (unfrozen) freeze popsicle. 

At the beginning of the school year my students completed a Time Capsule sheet of information about themselves. I put those in the bags as well.

For my 6th graders I added the Oh, The Places You Can Go Poem on a sheet of paper.

For my 5th graders I added a summer calender of events they could do each day.

Rhythm and Poems

 

My school is 5th and 6th Grade only. So, since my 6th Grade is leaving to go to another school they did a project using "Oh the Places You Can Go" story by Dr. Seuss.

1. They had to write this poem on a poster skipping spaces between each line of words.
2. Then, they had to add rhythm above the words in pencil. Rests went in between words and/or at the end of sentences.
   -The only rhythm they could use were:
      +Whole notes, half notes, dotted half notes, quarter notes, 2 eighth notes together, and 4 sixteenth notes together
      +Whole rests, half rests, dotted half rests, quarter rests
3. Once I checked the poem and rhythm (each syllable had to have a note), they colored over them in marker.
4. Then, they added pictures (magazines, computer, drawing) of what they want their future to look like.
5. They presented their poster in front of class using the correct rhythm that they wrote. They had to read the poem using the correct rhythm. Then, they had to explain why they chose their pictures.

My revised version is in the point of view of the student.

Congratulations!
Today is your day!
I'm off to Great Places!
I'm off and away!

I have brains in your head!
I have feet in your shoes!
I can steer yourself any direction you choose!
I'm on my own and I know what I know!
And I'm the one who'll decide where to go!

I'll be on my way up! 
I'll be seeing great sites!
I'll join the high fliers who soar to high heights.

I won't lag behind, because I have the speed!
I'll pass the whole gang and I'll soon take the lead!
Wherever I fly, I'll be best of the best.
Wherever I go, I will top all the rest. 

OH! THE PLACES YOU'LL GO!