From May Day to Memorial Day, there’s no shortage of reasons to celebrate this month. Of course, the biggest one is the end of the school year and everything you and your students have accomplished!
Check out these teachers’ picks from Scholastic Teachables to supplement your end-of year lessons and celebrations. (And don’t forget to send students off for the summer with learning-rich packs to keep them on track for next school year!)
1. Words in Context: May World Festivals (Grades 5–6)
Kick off a month of celebrations with this fun vocabulary packet. This resource targets Tier 2 words in context with engaging articles and activities that explore unique world festivals including the Chanthaburi Fruit Festival (Thailand), the Boryeong Mud Festival (South Korea), and the Jumping Frog Jubilee (USA).
2. Three May Printable Packs (PreK–K, Grades 1–2, and Grades 3–4)
These grab-and-go packs are full of age-appropriate texts, plays, math practice, writing practice, crafts, and send-home seasonal activities that deepen and extend learning.
3. Our Solar System (Grades 2–3)
Kids can create their own copies of this out-of-this-world fact-filled mini-book to take home and reread with their families.
4. Shigero Miyamoto Biographies (Grades 1–2, 3–4, and 5–6, FREE for a limited time)
Game on! Short, high-interest biographies of this legendary Japanese game designer paired with reading comprehension questions are a great way to build skills and background knowledge at every reading level.
5. Mother’s Day Content Area Word Ladder (Grades 2–3)
From mother to mom, this word ladder challenges kids to add, remove, and change letters to build a series of words. This activity strengthens decoding, phonics, spelling, and vocabulary skills.
6. Remember Not to Forget: Memorial Day Read-Aloud Play (Grades 3–5)
Students learn about the history of Memorial Day with this fluency-building resource, which includes a script with leveled parts, background information, extensions, and a poem.
7. My Memory Book/Mi libro de recuerdos (Grades K–2)
Available in English and Spanish, this draw-and-write mini-book prompts children to reflect on and record the things they’ve learned and done over the course of the school year.
8. End of Year and Graduation (PreK–Grade 6)
Celebrate student success with mini-books, math activities, and graduation celebrations with resources such as School’s Out (PreK–K), Graduation Day Glyph (Grades K–2), The Last Day (Grades 4–6), and We Are Moving On Up (Grades K–2, FREE for a limited time).
9. Summer Learning Packs (PreK–Grade 6)
Send every student home with a teacher-created set of materials to keep learning on track over the summer! Each of these six packs contains standards-aligned reading and math skills review, a letter and support materials for families, and more than 50 fun activity pages.
10. Goodbye Cards (Grades PreK–5, FREE for a limited time)
Personalize these cute and colorful goodbye cards to express your gratitude and best wishes to each student as you bid them farewell.
Explore Scholastic Teachables’ more than 30,000 teaching resources for PreK through Grade 6 to find even more printables, mini-books, craftivities, lesson ideas, and send-home packs to support learning this May and all summer long.