Friday Freebies

Yay for Friday! This is a big yay because it’s a three day weekend! If your students are anything like mine, the weather and promise of summer are making them a little antsy (again, yay for a three day weekend).  Many of my teacher friends get through this chaos by reminding themselves that there are only a couple of weeks left until summer break, they can make it through a couple more weeks.  That doesn’t work for me, I work at a year round child care center, I have my kiddos all summer long.

I try to make sure that the summer is packed full of fun stuff and special opportunities, every kid should be able to enjoy summer, and I always went to daycare as a kid too, so I know what it’s like.  Today’s freebie is designed for classrooms that will be done with school soon, but I can definitely make it appropriate for my class too.

This is an End of the Year Agreement from Will Grade for Coffee (love the store name!).  It reminds students that there are still appropriate behaviors and expectations, even as you get closer to the end of the school year (or in my case, throughout the summer).  It includes a cute little poster and a page for all of the students to sign, acknowledging that they understand and agree with these expectations.  I think that being able to point to a student’s signature and say “look, you agreed that you would…” would do wonders with my class, especially when it comes to pointing out that I know they know my expectations.  You can download this freebie here.

Enjoy your long weekend, hopefully this freebie will help you reign in the chaos for however long you have left!