The school year is ending, and students are anxious for their summer break. The only problem is that you still have instructional days left on the calendar. What you need is some fun end-of-year math activities for your 4th-grade students.
Ideally, you would want something fun and interactive. You want something that has little to no prep. You do not want to have to grade anything. Your 4th-grade students will love these fun end-of-year math activities, and so will you.
1. Summer Math Packet with Skills Pages and Multiple Choice
Summer math packets are great because students get into the summer mood. I love using this packet here because it has a ton of content that can last for many days of instruction. It features nine multiple-choice worksheets covering all the math topics for 4th grade. It also has an additional nine pages of math skills.
These are great for sub plans, morning work, classwork, or math centers. There are digital and printable options, so it’s flexible. It’s a fun way to review all the math topics with a fun summer theme.
2. Interactive Boom Cards to Practice All the 4th Grade Math Skills
Your students will enjoy these fun Boom cards in the final days and weeks before the summer break. They start with a menu of the five strands of math, and each of the five strands has ten questions. All the cards are interactive and self-correcting, making them fun for students and easy for exhausted teachers. You can even track student data to see how well your students remember all the 4th-grade math topics you’ve covered throughout the year.
If you are new to Boom cards, check out this post on 6 Reasons to Use Boom Cards in Your Classroom.
3. Review Games Similar to Jeopardy
Everyone loves playing games, especially in the final days and weeks of the school year. These games are perfect because students work in teams to answer the questions. All the questions are editable so that you can customize them for your class. You can even ask your students to create questions for even more fun. Your 4th graders will have so much fun that they’ll forget that they’re reviewing math.
4. Summer Themed Boom Cards
Using summer-themed Boom cards in the last days of school is super helpful for you as a teacher because they are low prep and require no grading. Students love that they are interactive and have fun as they navigate all the summer-themed math questions. Having self-correcting is a bonus for students because they receive instant feedback and learn from their mistakes. One of the great things about Boom cards is they can be assigned more than once, giving you more than one day of math fun for the end of the year.
I hope these ideas are helpful for you as you wind down the school year and get ready for summer break!