The perfect end-of-year and graduation writing and craft activity for grades 2-4!

Wrap up the school year with this print-and-go writing pack! Your students will reflect on their year, share what they learned, and tell stories about their favorite memories, then build a celebratory "GRAD" bubble letter craft with a graduation cap, rainbow with a smiley star, diploma, certificate, balloons, and an award ribbon. It's a meaningful mix of real writing practice, end-of-year reflection, and creative fun.

Most end-of-year resources are coloring pages and goodbye cards. This one teaches real writing skills wrapped in a graduation theme. Students learn to share opinions about their year with reasons and concluding statements, explain what happens at the end of the year using connecting words, and tell stories about their favorite memories. You get to check off your writing standards while creating a keepsake parents will love.

Use it for the last weeks of school, end-of-year writing units, graduation ceremonies, memory books, sub plans, morning work, or your end-of-year bulletin board. The finished crafts make a darling display for open house, awards day, or graduation!

What's Included

• ✏️ 6 writing pages that match the 3rd grade writing standards:

• 2 opinion pages (reflect on the school year, with reasons and a concluding statement)

• 2 informative pages (describe what happens at the end of the year using connecting words, plus practice writing concluding statements)

• 2 narrative pages (write dialogue between graduation characters, plus tell a story about a favorite memory from the year)

• ✏️ "GRAD" bubble letter craft with a graduation cap, rainbow with star, diploma, certificate, balloons, and award ribbon, plus reflective writing prompts on each letter, like "I am proud because I can…", "My favorite subject this year was…", "My teacher helped me with…", "I loved reading books about…", "My favorite classroom memory was…", "I am really good at…", and "Something new I learned this year was…"

• ✏️ Editable PowerPoint files. Change the prompts to fit your class.

• ✏️ Print-and-go PDFs. No prep needed.

Why teachers love it

• 🎓 Real writing practice with meaningful end-of-year reflection, not just busy work

• 🎓 Lines up with 3rd grade writing standards (W.3.1, W.3.2, W.3.3)

• 🎓 Builds reflection skills with concluding statements and connecting words

• 🎓 Makes a beautiful keepsake for parents and a perfect addition to memory books

• 🎓 You can edit the prompts to fit your students

• 🎓 The cheerful GRAD craft makes a darling end-of-year bulletin board