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End of the Year Organization and Clean Up

As the year winds down, we have to do some end of the year classroom organization and prepare our classrooms for Summer cleaning. We have to remove everything from our walls, bulletin boards, shelves, and countertops. Everything gets shoved into cabinets and closets. I put my students to work the last few days of schools to help me tear down the room. They think it is SO much fun to help and it helps me get everything back in its spot and ready for the next school year. Students are put into small groups and given an “organization task”.
students cleaning up crayons and other items in a classroom for end of the year organization
I take everything off the walls and then students take out the staples. I also have them sort the cards back in order by letter, number, month, etc.
students taking down the calendar wall to help with end of the year organization
As we tear down our math wall, students help un-bundle our straws we counted all year long.
students helping sort place value straws on the rug for end of the year organization

One easy end of the year organization task is to have students help sort cards back into the correct container. They can then tell if you if you don’t have a complete deck.

students organizing playing cards in containers for end of the year organization
A must-do classroom clean up we do, is to make sure our books are in the correct basket and that they are all facing the same way.
students sorting books from the classroom library

We received new Big Books, so they are helping put them away for Summer.

students organizing and clean up big books
The art center can become a mess throughout the year. For some more end of the year organization, students are throwing away tiny crayons, markers that don’t work, bad glue sticks, etc.
students writing with markers to test if they still work for some end of the year organization
students checking crayons to see if they are broken

The biggest mess is when we organize our puzzles. 🙂 I have students work in groups to put the puzzles together to make sure we have all the pieces.

students putting together a Dr. Seuss puzzle on the tile floor
Once each group finished their task, they help on the mess of puzzle pieces!
students spread around the classroom putting puzzles together
By having them help with my end of the year organization, it saves me a lot of time! It also helps me know what I need to re-stock up on for next year.
If you need some activities for the End of the Year to keep your students engaged, check out my End of Year Review Fluency and Fitness® and Fluency Find It sets!

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