End of the Year activities

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Blogger Marylynn Clayton makes suggestions for end of the year activities to keep students engaged in learning. Charts and reflections are the main points of this blog. Clayton suggests personal reflections from the year. These would be used to talk about what each student learned and how they improved from the beginning of the year. In a history class, I would use these reflections to talk about each students' favorite topic from the year and go into depth what they learned during that time. This would also be a good time to bring out any unanswered questions. Students can help students remember and comprehend what happened during a certain time period.  A fun way for any grade level to reminisce on the year would be a drawing wall, where each student draws out an event they found interesting and admiring everyone's work when all is done.