Looking for a Super Sweet End of the Year Writing Activity?

My favorite end of year writing assignment was inspired by my daughter’s amazing second grade teacher. It prompts students to write heartfelt notes to you and to each other. Every year I need to grab a box of tissues for while I read mine, and I bet you will need a box too.

Grab your tissues because this is the sweetest end of year writing activity!

My daughter came home from school on Valentine’s Day, with the cutest smile on her face. She had her mailbox full of the usual cartoon character valentines with her classmates names written on them, which she quickly tossed on the table with disinterest. She said she had a special envelope to read, and she wanted a cup of cocoa to go with it.

I thought oh no, a crush at 7 years old…. get thee to a nunnery.

We made the cocoa, sat down on the couch and opened her envelope. It was full of heartfelt letters written to her by every student in her classroom.

In the eyes and words of her classmates, my daughter is, smart, brave, cute, loyal, fluffy, and a coiete… whatever that one was.😂 My daughter was on cloud nine, and after reading her special letters, folded them up ever so carefully and hid them away in her “secret” place.

I think her teacher is a genius.

Here is how she did it:

Each of her students spent the couple of weeks leading up to Valentine’s Day writing 23 letters full of compliments to their classmates. If you don’t know the format of a letter after writing 23 of them, I don’t know what else can be done for you. Also, what an amazing thing for boosting classroom climate, and personal self-esteem for students! Not to mention the deserts, of knowing that your writing plans for at least a week can say, “Students will work on writing letters to their classmates. Teacher will clean and organize desk monitor and assist students with success full letter writing and drink a cup of coffee while trying not to laugh at how cute their letters are.

I LOVE this assignment.

This assignment has quickly become my favorite end of the year writing activity. If you love this idea too, I have a free letter writing template you can have students use for formatting their letters to each other. What a sweet way to end the school year huh? You can of course have students use any paper you like, but if you would like to have a cute paper for them to write on, click the pic below to grab my free one!

Enjoy!