I love telling them they're ready for the next grade...

Thinking back on the last weeks of subbing this last school year, I had a great time with telling every grade that they were ready for the next grade. They were excited and it was fun encouraging them. All of them. From K to 5. I would think 5 would consider themselves too old to get excited but I liked bringing it up anyway, Like "You are so ready for 6th grade!" We would talk about going to different classrooms. They were quite nervous as well. Really, it was the K-4 who were most excited about moving up. I liked telling them "Well actually you're really pretty much [next grade]." You're so ready! Next week you'll be [next grade]. It was fun talking to them about how it's called "Rising [next grade]." Then we'd also talk about the big theme for the next year. In our county the grades are predictable by the standards. 3rd grade is all about our state, 4th is Regions, 5th is Early US History. So it's fun talking to them about what they'll get next year.