The last day of school has come and gone... and I'm now trying to catch up on the things I enjoy to do in my leisure time. I plan on reading, blogging, and most importantly, spending time with my little girl and husband.I said goodbye to my students last week and as my parting gift, I created a "Summer Bucket List" for the Room 39 kids.
I have always given my students 2 gifts throughout the year- a Christmas gift and an end of year gift. I purposefully give gifts at these times because the kids are getting ready to spend a large amount of time away from the routines of school. I want to encourage them to keep their minds in some sort of "school" like mentality.
When I first began teaching, I was in a low-income school and my gifts were usually school supplies that students could take home and use. I've kept in that trend, even when my students aren't as needy because I want the students to be able to "play" school, just like real school.
The bucket contains the following:
- summer reading program information and story time information from our local public library
- sharpened pencil
- 2 sets of addressed, stamped envelopes and cards (addressed with the mailing address for myself and our class paraprofessional)
- a piece of sidewalk chalk
- wedding bubbles
- 2 bookmarks
This bucket list is available on Teachers Pay Teachers as a freebie. (I'm so new to TpT as an uploader, so anything I upload is free.) Enjoy!
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