Our Last Day in Pictures
Here’s how we enjoyed our last day together! It really hasn’t sunk in yet.
We laughed, we cried, we played!
Minute to Win It! Oh so fun! I made some first grade modifications and it went off without a hitch! If you don’t have it just click {Here} (it’s a freebie)
Game 1 Go Fishing.
I did this one 2 at a time. They had to fan their tissue paper fish under the little brown table. It was a fish trap in case you were wondering. Sorry they are blurry…moving too quickly for my iphone!
Game 2 There she blows.
You have to blow the cup off the other side of table only using a straw.
(modification is lean on the table if needed 🙂 )
Game 3 Nose Diving
Transfer cotton balls from one plate to another with your nose (and some Vaseline!)
Game 4 Bean There Done That
Students suck a bean to the end of a straw and run it to another plate.
This was hard for some because they had to suck in for a longer time than they ever had but they all got at least one bean transferred after figuring out how to not breathe out.
Game 5 Scrambled Breakfast
Put together a cereal box puzzle.
I paired them up and didn’t time them. Everyone was able to figure it out with a partner.
Game 6 Noodling Around
You are supposed to get 3 noodles on a spaghetti stick with NO HANDS.
modification- break the long spaghetti in half and have them get only 2 noodles. I modeled how hard it was so they didn’t give up right away. I didn’t time this one. It’s tough!
Game 7 Face the Cookie
You have to get a cookie (nilla wafer) from your forehead to your mouth with only scrunching your facial muscles. HILARIOUS! Very tough…few did it. But I modeled it and they died laughing. My cookie did NOT make it into my mouth.
And FINALLY…….We Rolled out the butcher paper red carpet and did our CANDY AWARDS! We just did these at the end of our last day as a class. It was precious and perfect. They all seemed really excited and happy and the red carpet just made it SO GLAMOROUS!
Free Candy Awards HERE!
Academic Awards
Personality Awards
And Monthly Awards! Just click the pictures to check them out!
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Happy End of Year!
Looks like a memorable last day was had by all! Happy Summer!
Lori ([email protected])
Teaching With Love and Laughter
Love this idea, I teach at the High School level and I think they would have just as much fun with it. Thanks for sharing : )
xo
Looks like so much fun!
I love the red carpet as they accepted their awards
It will sink in later for them you kept them so just they forgot to be sad!
These are too cute! I already have your candy awards and printed, but I'm still trying to figure who gets what 🙂 The red carpet was a great idea!
Katie
Dirty Hands and Lesson Plans
Where can I print the candy awards? Too cute!
Looks like so much fun!! I love the red carpet {What a great idea}! My kids loved your candy awards! Hope you have a Happy Summer!
Jennifer
The First Grade Dream
So doing the red carpet! I am in love!!!!!!
Lyndsey
A Year of Many Firsts
Ooohhh I LOVE the red carpet idea!
❤Traci❤
Dragonflies in First
The red carpet is awesome!! I LOVE your Minute to Win It ideas. 🙂 Yay for summer!!
Lisa
Learning Is Something to Treasure
What an AWESOME last day! I sure wish mine went down like that! Oh well, there's always next year! Thanks for the inspiration!
I love your ideas for the games! 🙂
This post was just what I needed! I have been trying to brainstorm end of the year celebration ideas and this is perfect. The catwalk looks so fun and some of your cuties are really hamming it up! Also, the sign you have makes a great photo op. Thanks for the inspiration. I have a serious case of the end of the year teaching block.
Sheila
Sprinkle Teaching Magic
Wow! It looks like you all had such a great time! I really wanted to do Minute to Win It and didn't get to it. My fifth graders loved the candy awards too!
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The runway….the cereal boxes…the pasta…the AMAZING awards…my goodness…how awesome!! I think you kids may shed a few tears when they leave you and go to the next class:(
You put so much into your last special day with your kiddos! I'm sure they enjoyed it!! What an awesome time!!!! Love the minute to win it games!! Too fun!! Red carpet was an awesome touch!!!
OH btw, my name is Tara…..you know, from 4th Grade Frolics….in Florida…..jI thought you got lost….then you posted so I knew you weren't lost….maybe just kidnapped by the leprechaun!! JK!!! I miss your sunny comments:/
Happy Weekend!!! Oh, so if yesterday was your last day, are you done, done or do you go back in next week for teacher days and clean up???
4th Grade Frolics
That looks like a blast! Thanks so much for sharing the ideas!
❀Beth Ann❀
Taming My Flock of Firsties
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I love the Minute to Win It idea. It looks like a lot of fun. Thanks for sharing.
Cara
The Teacher's Backpack
How fun! I'm working on organizing your candy awards for my kiddos this weekend! They're going to love them!
A Pirates Life for Us
The games look like so much fun!! Our parents are coming next week to see us get our candy awards. I can't wait!! Thanks so much again for making them!
Vickie
Thank you for the amazing ideas!!!! Thanks to you, my last day of school is planned! 🙂 Thanks again!!!
Oh my word!!! This is so amazing! Why didn't I think of it?!
Blessings,
Jessica Stanford
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How stinking fun is your classroom…I want to be in your room! My chickadees LOVE playing minute to win it like games. Way to create excitement for you kiddos.
Laurie
Chickadee Jubilee
Oh my goodness!! Too much fun!!
Jodi
fun-in-first.blogspot.com
You know how sometimes you see an idea, and it just blows you away, and you're like "I can't believe I've never thought to do that"? Your cereal box puzzles just did that for me! Honest-to-goodness genius right there!
Thanks for the visuals. I had downloaded the Minute to Win It already and look forward to doing this with my class.
Marybeth
Cialini Chat
Looks like ya'll had a blast!!!
What a great idea!! I love how serious some of the kids are:) That is a fun memory for them to have on their last day!