5 Great End of the Year Activities for Elementary Students & a Freebie

Colorful background of pastel balloons with bold text that reads “End of the Year Activities Round-Up,” created by Elementary Nest

The end of the year is almost here! It sneaks up on you before you even know it. Therefore, I’m sharing my favorite K-3 end of the year activities and FREE balloon pop activity for you to browse through and inspire your last few weeks. There are early finisher activities, memory books, and summer review packets. There’s also a free behavior incentive game at the end that you can download!

End of the Year Activities: Early Finisher Worksheets

Colorful worksheets with summer-themed logic problems and comic writing, labeled “Early Finishers End of the Year”

Are you looking for enrichment activities for your early finishers to do around the end of the year? These math, writing, reading, and art craft worksheets are perfect for your students! There are 21 early finisher activities for your students to complete for enrichment and extra critical thinking skills.

Memory Flip Book

Colorful flip book titled “All About My Year” with tabs for listing, goal setting, drawing, and writing

Need a short and sweet end of the year memory book activity? This reading and writing art craft flip book gives students an opportunity to write about their year while practicing their ELA skills. Check out my flip book!

Traditional Worksheet Memory Book

Printable memory book pages featuring prompts like "My Favorites" and "Top Books" with drawing and writing areas for end of the year activities

Or maybe you want a more detailed memory book to send home! This keepsake book will be a great writing activity that will help your students review their year and see how they’ve grown.

Student Awards are Perfect End of the Year Activities

Printable student awards for the end of the school year, featuring a “Great Manners” certificate and a pink “Writing Star” award

These End of the Year Student Awards are a fun and meaningful way to celebrate each of your students before summer break. With a wide variety of award titles to choose from—like “Great Manners” and “Writing Star”—you can find something special for every child in your classroom. Each award is available in both color and black-and-white options, giving you the flexibility to print what works best for your needs. Whether you’re hosting a classroom awards ceremony or sending them home as a keepsake, these printable certificates are the perfect way to end the year on a positive and encouraging note.

Summer Practice Packs: Find Your Grade Below!

The perfect end of the year activities to send home with your students are summer review packets! The summer slide affects students in the two and a half months that they’re not in school every day. Therefore, you can certainly help prevent this summer slide with a 30-day book for students to work on! The summer review packet comes with half sheets of paper. The way that they are set up on the page, they can be double-sided or single-sided. Just copy, cut, and staple!

Blue worksheet focused on identifying shapes for Day 5 of a kindergarten summer review packet

Kindergarten Summer Review Packet

Student working on a yellow worksheet about expanding sentences and addition, titled “Summer Packet 1st Grade Review”

1st Grade Summer Review Packet

Colorful supplies and worksheets showing subtraction and irregular verbs, labeled “Summer Packet 2nd Grade Review”

2nd Grade Summer Review Packet

Student working on green worksheet focused on verb tenses and rounding numbers, labeled “Summer Packet 3rd Grade Review”

3rd Grade Summer Review Packet

End of the Year FREEBIE

Colorful reward cards with student incentives like “10 Extra Minutes of Recess” and “Movie and Popcorn Day,” surrounded by balloons and confetti

Finally, this free activity is a great way to end the year. This is an email sign-up freebie! Once you sign up, you’ll get these cards sent straight to your inbox. This pack comes with ten cards to put in balloons to count down the end of the year. There are two blank cards if you need to replace one of the ten ideas I typed in.

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