Apr 23, 2025

End-of-Year Teacher Toolkit Week 1: Review and Support That Reinforces and Refreshes

The school year may be winding down, but your classroom is still full of life and momentum. We're here to support you with the End-of-Year Teacher Toolkit — a weekly blog series designed to help you make the most of these final weeks.

Each post will highlight a timely theme, along with classroom-ready resources that are easy to use, flexible, and impactful.

We’re starting with one of the most valuable end-of-year essentials: review and remediation.

Unit Reviews That Focus on What Matters Most

Our newly released unit reviews are designed to bring clarity to the final weeks. They reinforce the most essential concepts from each unit and work well for in-class review, small group work, or take-home practice.

You can find these materials on both the course pages and unit pages of our website.

Scroll to the Unit Review section, located right after the last lesson in each unit. It’s a quick way to access high-quality review tools without extra prep.

Review Games to Make Preparing Engaging!

If you’re looking to keep energy high while preparing for finals, we’ve got several fun and effective options to choose from:

Start with our Jeopardy-style review game, which is fully editable. You’ll find it listed under Final Review in the Course Materials section of the Semester Course page. Use it in teams, as a class challenge, or even as a collaborative study tool. It’s a great way to make review feel more like a celebration than a chore.

In addition to Jeopardy, we also offer Kahoot and Quizizz games in the same section that align with the final exam. These interactive formats are student favorites and perfect for quick reviews, warm-ups, or end-of-year engagement.

One Key Activity Per Unit: Trim Smart, Teach What Sticks

Sometimes less is more. If you’re working with a condensed calendar or wrapping up a semester course, you may be looking for ways to simplify without losing impact.

We’ve identified one high-impact review activity from each unit that helps students revisit key ideas in a meaningful way. 

Pair this with tips from How to Trim Semester Course for Shorter Time Frames to pack in as much relevant content as you can!

Nearpod Lessons for Remediation and Credit Recovery

Looking for a flexible way to support students who need to catch up or revisit key concepts?

Our Nearpod lessons can be assigned in student-paced mode, allowing learners to move through the material independently and at their own pace, even outside of class time.

These lessons are a great option for remediation or credit recovery, especially if you’re working with individual students.

Find the Nearpod button next to any lesson on our course pages or unit pages, click to add it to your Nearpod library, and assign it directly to your student.

It’s a simple, effective way to offer high-quality reinforcement without needing to lead the lesson in real time.

Your Toolkit, All in One Place

We’ve gathered all end of year resources on one simple landing page so you can find what you need, when you need it. Bookmark it now and check back each week for new time-savers!

About the Author

Dave Martin

Dave joins NGPF with 15 years of teaching experience in math and computer science. After joining the New York City Teaching Fellows program and earning a Master's degree in Education from Pace University, his teaching career has taken him to New York, New Jersey and a summer in the north of Ghana. Dave firmly believes that financial literacy is vital to creating well-rounded students that are prepared for a complex and highly competitive world. During what free time two young daughters will allow, Dave enjoys video games, Dungeons & Dragons, cooking, gardening, and taking naps.

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