1.  Autogragh Book

At the end of the year have each child make an autograph book and for an afternoon activity let them pass around thier books and get everyone's signatures and notes for a summer keepsake.

Submitted by: Jessica

2.  Autobiographies

My grade 5 Language Arts students wrote simple autobiographies. They wrote 3-10 sentences for each year of their life. Then I copied and bound them into a "yearbook" with memory pages to give as end of the year keepsakes.

Submitted by: lreed
 
3.  Class Awards

Get creative! Make up some fun and unique awards for your students. Find something unique about each child and recognize them for that unique quality. You can purchase award certificates at your local teacher supply or copy stores. You may also want to create them yourself on a PC. Including a photograph of the child somewhere on the award would be another neat touch. Here is a fun website where you can make your award! KidBibs
Submitted by: Jennifer

4.  Creative Summer Writing

For an end of the year writing activity I filled a picnic basket with various summer items - beach towel, pail, sand molds, mask, swimsuit, apple, shells, juice bottle, toy dolphin, etc. - and had the students pick 10 items to write a story using these items in the story. After I put everything back I asked the students to write as many of the items down as they could remember (20 in all), just for fun! They loved it.
Submitted by: Tracy
 
5.  End of the Year Raffle

At the end of the school year I have a huge raffle. Each child has a numbered stick which I use to randomly raffle off the many items in our classroom. I try to spread this out over a whole day, gradually building up to the larger items such as our birthday chair, my hand painted stool, my own personal items, and finally, our class art project. This is a great way to clear out the classroom to make way for new things for the next year.
Submitted by: Suzi
 
6.  Ice Cream Cones

Trace a triangle for the cone. Students will draw at least 3 scoops and cut out. On each scoop they write something they learned from the school year. Then they glue the scoops attaching them to the cone.
 
7.  Puzzle Fun

For the last day of school I make a word search with everyones first name.

8.  Summer Writing

I take from my data base my class list with address and send it home so we can all write over the summer. I also send a list of email addresses.