Last Day Activities in the ELA classroom.

When I was a student teacher my cooperating teacher gave me a great piece of advice about the last day of school...GO ON A FIELD TRIP!  I agree this was sound advice, but unfortunately it didn't work with the how my school ran field trips.

If you are like me, and can't get your students out of the building on the last day, jump in with a great story.  I like to use the last class period as a great way to get my students hooked in and plugged into a great book or series for the summer.  I also include popcorn and something to drink as a little treat.  

Here are my top two picks for the last day of school summer reading.

*While Echo is not a series it is a long, and fantastically written book.  It is one of the few books I prefer the audio edition to the print edition because the music, that is so beautifully bond to the story, is heard in the audio edition.  I would certainly love to run into my students reading something as wonderful as Echo on the beach this summer. Also , WWII also sparks the interest of my students, and since this book is set during WWII, it draws my students into its story.

  

So much going on in this book.  The story has a strong narrator, but you will come to love all three sisters and their story.  Another novel I would be proud to find my students reading at the beach.