Teachers End of the School Year

Teacher's End of the Year

Here are some things to think about. The end is almost here for most of us. The time is coming when you’ll need to organize, sort, file, and give away materials, and supplies, and send home student projects and papers. It can be a tremendous amount of work.

Your students have been a part of your classroom. This is the time to have your students help with the cleaning, taking down bulletin boards, and boxing up materials. You haven’t started to do all this work in closing up your classroom, but you can plan for it!

Classroom Stewardship

When your students were placed in your classroom, they became a part of your classroom community. There is a need for stewardship. They are living and learning in your classroom every day of the week necessitating they do their part in keeping materials organized, notifying you when supplies are low, cleaning up their work area, etc.

Some Cleaning Ideas

The same goes for the end of the school year. Having your students help with the sorting, storing, and cleaning can help them to bring their school year to a positive close as well!

Some things the kids can do. Have them go through the classroom containers with crayons, pencils, markers, highlighters, and anything else that is used commonly. They can throw away the broken pieces and dried up markers. What is still in good shape can be stored. Containers can be cleaned out. Surfaces probably need to be wiped down.

But When Can It Be Done??

You are probably thinking you still need to keep teaching and following the schedule. When can this be done? During the transition times, students can take time to clean out their desks. At the end of the day, as they are preparing to leave would also be an ideal time. Some kids would rather stay inside for recess and do some of these things. Why not let them, especially if you don’t have recess duty.

I hope some of these ideas have been helpful. These are some of the things I have done so that the cleaning and putting away didn’t become so burdensome at the end of the year. This way you can spend your last “workday” organizing your file cabinet and bringing the school year to a close.

I hope your year end goes smoothly!

Debbie - Froggy About Teaching on Amped Up Learning

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