Moving on Up!

It's after spring break for most of us and the year will be over before we can blink twice. I love to end the year with a transition activity in each grade level. My flipbook would also work for classroom teachers or as a great end-of-the-year-I -have-a-wedding-to-go-to Sub Plan. 

In the schools where I have worked, we've always had step up day. On this day, each grade level would visit the next grade level and learn about that grade. The teachers usually made it fun to get the kids excited about the transition. For fifth graders, they were able to go to the gym and play games while step up day was occurring. I think it would be fun for classes to do a transition flipbook when they come back to their classrooms after Step Up Day. 

The top page of the flip book announces the next grade. Each subsequent page includes information about where the student is now (as a keepsake) and their goals, questions, and ideas about the next year. To wrap it up, we write a letter to next year's teacher. I really like doing the letter to the teacher because both teachers and students love it so much. The students because they feel like they can connect with their future teacher and the teachers because they get a glimpse into the student who will be in their class. I usually hold the letters until class lists come out in the fall and then give them to each teacher. Alternately, you could give the whole stack to the grade level chair to distribute when you return in the fall.

So, what do you do to help kids transition within the school? If you're interested in transition to middle school, you can see everything I do here.  There's even a middle school freebie for you to download! 

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