A Letter to Future Me - End of Year Activities

End-of-year reflection writing page where children write a 'Dear Future Me' letter about the school year and their hopes for next year, then sign it at the bottom.
Grades
Junior Kindergarten–Kindergarten, Grades 1–5
Pages
2
File type
PDF
Preparation
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Updated Sep 27, 2026

Subject
End Of Year, Months, Social Emotional Learning (SEL), Creative Writing, Seasons, Holidays, Special Resources, Writing, Holiday & Seasonal, ELA
Topic
End of Year, End of Year Activities
Resource types
Assessments, Centers, Writing Prompts, Lesson Plans
Preparation
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About this resource

This activity gives students a chance to pause and reflect on their school year in a personal and thoughtful way. With A Letter to Future Me, students write a letter to themselves, looking back at what they’ve learned, what they’re proud of, and what they hope for in the future. The template includes helpful sentence starters to guide them, making it easy for all students to express their thoughts, no matter their writing level.

How You Can Use It:

  • As a meaningful writing activity during the last week of school.

  • To help students think about their goals for next year.

  • As a keepsake to give back to students at the start of the next school year.

  • As part of a Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) lesson.

  • To include in student portfolios or memory books.

Why You’ll Love It:

  • Helps students reflect on what made their year special.

  • Builds writing and self-expression skills.

  • Encourages students to think about their future in a hopeful way.

  • Brings a sense of closure as the year ends.

  • Creates a special letter students can look back on later.

Pdf file includes 1 page.

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Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Write a personal letter reflecting on the school year

  • Name a personal goal for next year within the Dear Future Me letter

Teaching tips

  • The page offers open ruled lines without sentence starters, so a few spoken prompts about favourite moments or next-year goals could help younger writers begin.

Skills covered

  • Letter format — writing from a greeting through to a signed closing

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