End Of The Year Theme Day Teach The Teacher Room Transformation 1st Grade

Teach the Teacher is the perfect end of the year activity! You've been teaching all year and now it's time to switch places with your class as they teach the class. Students will love being the teacher for the day!

Are you feeling a little worn out and need a break? Give yourself a minute to kick back and relax while you hand over the classroom responsibilities to your students. In this resource, students will complete a simple lesson plan and teach the class on any topic of their choice while the rest of the students record what they learned in a mini-book. This activity is sure to keep your students engaged and excited as they become the teacher and learn something new from their classmates.

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Included in this resource:

• Letter Home - send this letter home with your students as an explanation of Teacher For The Day. (2 versions included)
• Student Lesson Plan - students will complete a simple, kid-friendly, lesson plan explaining what they will be teaching, the materials needed and the steps they will take to teach their lesson. (2 versions included)
• Teacher For The Day Reflection Books - after each student lesson, the class can complete a page in their mini-books. Students will write and illustrate about each lesson. Includes half-page mini books and full-page books.
• Teacher For The Day Log - a handy log is included to help you keep track of which students will be teaching each day.
• Rubric - use this simple rubric to evaluate student's work
• Digital Teacher For The Day - includes a digital version of the student lesson plan and the reflection books for students to complete online.

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Ideas For Use:

• End of the year activities
• Career exploration
• Responsibility lessons
• Get to know you activities
• Use to showcase student's talents
• Use during Zoom or Google Meets activities

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What Others Had To Say About This Resource:

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "I’ve used this for 2 years now. It is so much fun! The kids absolutely love it! It is really fun to watch them become the expert and teach their peers. We had lots of guided drawing lessons, a sculpting lesson from clay, how to take care of a cat, and many more."

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "My students loved this activity! They really took it seriously and enjoyed getting to teach their classmates something that they are passionate about. I will definitely use this again. "

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "Students loved teaching the class! I had done this activity in upper elementary, but wanted an easy resource to use for primary, this is perfect, easy to use, and the kids did an incredible job on their presentations, so fun! "

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "We used this on Teacher Time-Out Day for our ABC Countdown and my students had so much fun pretending to be a teacher! We even dressed down to have them look like staff members. I loved the lesson plan and rubric. They had a great time decorating the name tags!"

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "Everything you need in one place to allow the kiddos to express themselves and develop leadership!"

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Looking for more end-of-the-year resources? Take a look at these:

• Let's Have A Talent Show
• Special Person Celebration Day
• Let's Learn About Insects

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