End of School Year Memory Book

The end of the school year is such a wonderful and special time. It can also be busy and frantic. Many of our readers in the northern hemisphere are finishing up school for the year before a well deserved summer break. 

We have a printable commemorative book for students to make that will make a wonderful end of year activity and something to treasure for years to come! This memory book includes simple-to-complete pages. Your little learners will finish the picture on each page by adding some additional details like faces and hair and then writing a few words or a short sentence.

Perfect for independent completion by little learners!

The book includes a cover and 16 activity pages - do one each day in the lead up to your final day. Best results will occur when you carefully model the expectations for each page with your learners and provide some sample ideas on a chart or on the board. 

1. About Me Page – students draw a picture and record some simple facts about themselves
2. My Good Friend – students complete a picture of a good friend and write a sentence about what makes them a good friend
3. My Teacher – students complete a picture of their teacher and write a short sentence about their teacher
4. The Best Day – students add details to complete a picture about their best day at school, and write a short sentence to describe it
5. Award Page – Students give themselves a class award. They name the award and record something they work hard at through the year
6. My Favorite Book – students draw the cover of their favorite book and record the title and author if their favorite book
7. My Best Work – students draw a picture to recall the best piece of work they completed through the year, and write a short sentence to tell about it
8. My Favorite Lunch – students draw a picture of their favorite school lunch and write a sentence to describe it. Teachers could also ask students to label their picture with words and arrows
9. My Favorite Field Trip – students finish a picture of themselves and write about their favorite field trip. Students can draw in, the background, aspects and features of their field trip location
10. My Birthday – students record on the birthday cake, the candles to show how old they turned and write about something special they did to celebrate their day!
11. A Happy Year - students recount a time they were happy through the year
12. Thank you - students write about someone to thank and why
13. Next year - students draw something they think they will do next year
14. Advice - students give advice to the following grade cohort
15. My Friends - students draw a gallery of 4 friends in the photo style frames
16. 3 Best Memories - students write a short recount of their 3 best memories

UK and Australian spelling alternative pages are included.

This was originally published in 2006 as 'End of Year Busy Book' and is now revised and available here in our TpT store. It is perfect for keeping your little ones busy while you get those important assessment and recording tasks completed for the end of the school year.

If you are not in the end-of-school season, start early and get this booklet completed steadily through the year as a progressive keepsake for your lovelies!