School Year Memory Book: Reflecting on Our Favorite Memories
Let's end the school year with a fun and reflective activity! Share an engaging end-of-year read-aloud with students to kickstart reminiscing about the events of the year. Then, encourage them to create a memory book using Polaroid templates, where they illustrate and retell their favorite memories from the school year. This hands-on project promotes storytelling and offers a creative way for students to showcase their highlights. Include black construction paper, polaroid picture frames, and accordion-folded strips to assemble the memory book. This activity sparks joy and encourages students to share and cherish their experiences together.
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Share a favorite EOY read aloud to get students thinking about all that has happened this year! Then, have some fun as you create a book about those memories. your students have been practicing retelling by stretching out the main events in narrative stories. now, they get a chance to tell the story about their school year! Favorite End of the Year Read Aloud Polaroid Templates printed or digital version ready to send out to students Black construction paper cut into strips 3 wide x 12 long (2 strips of paper for each child) or one sentence strip per student Glue, tape, scissors, crayons
Provide each student with a copy of the front and back covers and polaroid picture frames polaroid picture frames. Have students illustrate each card for their favorite memories. To assemble their school year memory book, have students cut apart each memory card and cover. Give each child two sentence strips or a construction paper. Have the students fold each strip of paper in half, and in half again (the finish folded piece should unfold to show 4 equal sections). Refold the strips to resemble and accordion-folded paper. (They should have two accordion-folded strips with 4 sections on each strip.) Depending on student ability Depending on student ability- - the teacher can prepare this prior to the lesson. teacher can prepare this prior to the lesson. ront and back covers the Next, have the students (or teacher) tape the two strips together (not overlapping) to form one long accordion-folded strip. See the diagram below. Tape the accordion-folded strip to the bottom of the front and back cover. Glue or tape each memory on the strip of paper. When complete, the accordion-folded construction paper strip should hide behind the front cover and stretch out to show all their favorites, thus, stretching out the middle of the story for this school year. Take time to allow students to retell their favorite memories with partners or small groups!
This example is using two sentence strips taped together.
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