Your students did hard things this year. This end-of-year reflection activity helps them actually see it. Pack Your Bags uses a fun Disney vacation suitcase theme to guide students through naming their growth, honoring challenges, expressing gratitude, and setting one goal to carry into next year.
 
This Disney vacation-inspired reflection activity invites students to pack a suitcase, not for a trip to the parks, but for the journey ahead. Each mini suitcase prompt helps students name their growth, honor what was hard, express gratitude, and set one intentional goal before they walk out the door for summer.
 
What is included:
Complete lesson plan with counselor script
Hook and discussion prompts
Student reflection sheet featuring five suitcase prompts
Reflection questions for grades 3 through 5 and middle school
Exit ticket
ASCA and CASEL alignment
 
The five suitcase prompts:
Something I learned about myself
One hard thing I handled
One strategy I want to keep using
One person who helped me
One goal for next year
 
This lesson is perfect for:
End-of-year
classroom guidance lessons
Small group counseling closing sessions
Individual counseling as a wrap-up activity
Advisory and homeroom periods in the final weeks of school
Any student who needs help seeing how much they have grown this year
 
Grades: 1 through 8
This resource works beautifully printed in black and white and takes between 30 and 45 minutes, depending on your group. No prep beyond printing required.
 
Because the end of the year deserves more than a party. It deserves a moment to say: I was here. I grew. And I am taking it with me.