End+of+the+Year

=**As the year comes to an end, students go through a wide range of emotions: anxiety, excitement, and sadness (to name just a few). Share with your fellow teachers ideas, read alouds, and activities that help you to bring the year to a close on a positive note:**=


 * A RC newsletter article about the end of the year:**

http://www.responsiveclassroom.org/newsletter/22_2nl_5.html


 * Margaret Wilson shares some of her favorite read alouds:**

//Activity Ideas:// As a class, discuss what friends have meant to you this year. Or, individually, write about and illustrate how someone in the class “saved” or was kind to you.
 * //Amos and Boris//, by William Steig.** In this picture book, Amos, a mouse, and Boris, a whale, become friends after Boris rescues Amos from near disaster at sea. Later in life, Amos has a chance to return the favor. This is an inspiring book about what it takes to be a friend.

//**For more books and activities check out the Responsive Classroom Blog**// at http://www.responsiveclassroom.org/blog/