There are a ton of great books to celebrate the end of the school year. Two of my favorites are The Night Before Summer Vacation and Miss Bindergarten Celebrates the Last Day of Kindergarten.
The Night Before Summer Vacation is a spin-off on the classic poem, The Night Before Christmas. In this story a girl and her family are preparing for a fabulous summer vacation. Of course, as with any big summer vacation there are always things that can go wrong! One of the best parts of reading this book is the rhythm, rhyme, and meter that allows you to use a cloze format to complete each couplet. After reading the book, students can share their own summer plans and compare their stories with what happened to the little girl in the book. 
The Miss Bindergarten series offers Kindergarten teachers the opportunity to read about important points in a Kindergarten year: the start of the year, Miss Bindergarten being out sick, taking a class field trip, the 100th day of school, and, of course – the wild day in Kindergarten! The final book for the year is Miss Bindergarten Celebrates the Last Day of Kindergarten. Just like Miss B brought in the year, we celebrate with Emily, Danny, and Franny as the fabulous class closes out the year with balloons, hugs, cards, and gifts. The read aloud and book discussion is one of the quintessential pieces of Kindergarten – and there is no better way to finish out the year.
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