Plan a Dream Vacation | Project Based Learning
$4.00
Planning a vacation has never been so fun! In this cross-curricular project, students will plan, budget, and journal about their “dream vacation”. They will pull skills from math, language arts, and social studies and work with their group members to complete the project.
Description
In the resource, you will find a 23-page packet to guide students while planning their “dream vacation” in the United States.
This packet includes:
- Cover
- Project Description
- Brainstorming
- Travel Outline
- Useful Websites
- Daily Journal Entry Pages
- Snapshots (pictures of your travels)
- Climate of Location
- Postcards
- Total Costs.
The packet comes in color and B&W options. There are also additional project descriptions at the end of the resource– world travel and a blank version where you can fill in the country/budget.
*This is a GREAT project for students to complete the last week of school!*
See what teachers are saying about this resource:
- “Very creative! This will be great to use toward the end of the year to incorporate all the things we discussed through the year!”
- “My students are having a blast creating their dream vacation! They told me that they are having so much fun with this activity, and I was so happy to hear them say that! Thank you! :)”
- “This is an awesome resource! Kids can use this to plan for real life scenarios. This could easily work for multiple subjects. Awesome buy!”
Laura B. –
Met expectations Great value This is a great end of year math writing activity to keep kids engaged at the end of the year. Great for small group, so kids can work together and learn.
Shelby B. –
Met expectations Great value This resource was highly engaging and kept my students actively involved throughout the lesson. It was easy to connect to our grade-level standards, and the clear, well-organized activities made implementation simple and effective.
Teaching in a Half Shell –
Met expectations Great value This resource was engaging and very good for the price!
Jennifer W. –
Students stayed motivated throughout the entire project, and I loved how it combined budgeting, writing, and research skills. It was easy to implement and very well organized.
Casey M. –
This was a great end of year activity for students to do something fun and review concepts
Christine LaSala –
Met expectations Great value A great way to end the school year. My students were able to think outside the box
Carly C. –
My 5th grade students have enjoyed using this resource!
Modz by Laila –
Met expectations Great value Engaging resource for all learners, my students enjoyed this!
Jamie G –
Met expectations Great value Such a fun project for end of the year. Kept the students engaged!
Mrs Hansens Handiwork –
Met expectations Great value My students had such a great time with this resource!
Magnolia Lesson Co. –
Met expectations Great value My students loved creating and planning a dream vacation. We kind of celebrated the end of our EOG test prep by completing this project. Very engaging to my third graders.
Jharon M. –
Met expectations Great value My students loved this activity as an end-of-the-year activity. We did it after testing, and it was just what they needed!
Jennifer B. –
I love using project as a review or a sub plan. This was great.
Hoot’s Happenings –
Met expectations Great value My students enjoyed using this cute and engaging resource.
Monica L. –
Met expectations Great value This resource served as a great tool to review and provided clear directions and kept my students engaged.
Math and a latte –
My students loved this activity. It was great for an end of the year activity!
Kelly S. –
My students love this resource. It is engaging and a great way for them to learn.
Learn with Ms M –
Thank you so much!
Kristin Salvatore –
This Dream Vacation project was a fantastic cross-curricular activity that combined math, writing, geography, and research skills. My students loved imagining their ideal trips while practicing budgeting and writing detailed reports. It was engaging, student-centered, and perfect for wrapping up the year with meaningful learning. The clear instructions and rubrics made it easy to manage. I will definitely use this again!
Trenee L. –
My students had a wonderful time working on this. They were engaged the entire time. I love seeing them present their dream vacations.
Deanna Hooker –
This is a great activity to get students thinking and writing.
Chelsea K. –
My students enjoyed this fun and engaging activity, different from worksheets!
Kristie P. –
Great project that kept the kids engaged, covering multiple learning areas.
Veronica Choi –
This resource was super helpful in letting our kids enjoy the end of the year while reviewing various skills and strategies from the year.
Soaring in Kindergarten –
Used it as an end of the year project. Great cross-curricular work with social studies and math.
BEACH GIRL TEACHER –
Cute activity for the end of the year. My students enjoyed it!
Melissa D. –
This project is a great way to maintain student engagement until the end of the year. I love the fun and novelty of it!
Jayla P. –
My Students loved this activity. They are now all ready to go on a vacation
Rebecca N. –
One of the BEST resources for the end of the year. It provides so many activities and the kids love it. I use it with my 4th graders during the last two weeks of school. It keeps them engaged, excited, but still learning and calm in their seats. It is perfect!
Tiffany Whitten – The Organized Classroom –
My students loved this resource! It was great to use as an end of the year project.
Nancy P. –
My students enjoyed doing this activity. Great activity to use for the end of the school year.
Marcella J. –
Great resource.
Melissa W. –
My students loved this resource. I used it for an end-of-the-year activity to plan their summer vacation.
TheQuiltedTeacher –
I used this with my 3rd graders as an end of the year activity. They were engaged, but it was way too hard for them. The internet searches required to find hotel costs, vehicle rental costs, the cost of gasoline, and costs of three meals a day for every day of the vacation was much too advanced. If I do this project again, it will be heavily modified. I might have the kids just choose a fun place they would like to go and have them research the costs of things to do there and leave out all the travel expenses.
The Old Barn Teaching Co –
This was a great resource. Thank you for all the hard work.
Kyla D. –
This is a fun end of year project to plan a dream vacation!
Stephanie F. –
This was the perfect end of the year writing for my 5th graders. I loved having research where they wanted to go and plan out their entire vacation.
The Art of Funology –
The independent activities are a hit with my students! They absolutely love them, and they foster both engagement and learning in a fun and interactive way.
Sarah Glenn –
My students LOVED this activity! It was a great way for students to gain more research skills as well as organization skills, while still completing class work.
Blair B. –
This has been the best activity for the end of the year! My students have been begging to work n it every single day.
Beth H. –
My 2nd & 3rd grade homeschoolers have recently become interested in project-based learning and they thoroughly enjoyed this resource. Very engaging!
Meagann C. –
I used this with my emergent bilingual students as our end of year project. It was a great unit that guided them step by step through the process. They had a blast!
Elissa E. –
This was the perfect end of year activity for my students!
Stacey R. –
This was a lot of fun for the students at the end of the year; thank you!
Marjorie H. –
This is a great resource it will be very useful for my students. Thank You
Jaclyn W. –
Very engaging resource! The students had to plan and budget their dream vacation. I had my 4th Graders work in groups.
Cathy M. –
This is a great project to use at the end of the year. My students had a lot of fun with it.
cassy C. –
This is a great end of year activity. I used this at the end of year for my third graders. It was a great PBA and the students were actively engaged.
Kimberly Bardsley –
This resource is awesome! My kids LOVED applying academics to a real world experience.
Pamela K. –
I really enjoyed this writing prompt, as did my students. We had fun planning our dream vacation.
Katlyn S. –
Great resource for my special education classroom!
Holistic Humanities –
This was a great activity to do with my ELL students at the end of the year. Very low pressure, and vacations were on their mind! Also, it gave them an opportunity to learn about different vacation spots in the US.
Cheryl O. –
What a great end-of-year resource!
Jesyka E. –
The students really enjoyed doing this!
Morgan K. –
I used this with my summer school unit and it worked perfectly! Loved it!
Madame Janet –
This is amazing resource!!
RM Learning Loft –
My students loved part of this resource! I gave them this as an end of the year activity so it was engaging and fun but it began to be too much for them to do on their own in 3rd grade.
Bethany Hunter –
Thank you!
Lauren Loves Literacy –
My students absolutely loved this activity! I used this project as an activity during writing time for the last 2 weeks of the school year, and gave my students the option to complete it independently or with a partner. They found it very meaningful, and it inspired many of them to start dreaming about traveling in the future. My students were extremely engaged and focused, and looked forward to working on it every day.
Libby F. –
Wonderful, challenging resource that really helps to cement the concepts and is thoroughly engaging!
Tiffany Smith –
Very engaging resource for my students and also a great addition to help with small group rotations and centers.
Chelsea S. –
My students enjoyed this as an end of the year project. It was well organized and was easy for them to follow.
Leslie M. –
This is such a fun and engaging activity!
Brittany Godbey –
Great product!
Faith Filled Fun for All –
I think my students are going to love this! Thank you!
LAURA S. –
I loved having this resource for my students. They enjoyed it.
Elizabeth L. –
This product is a great way to incorporate all of the subjects into one project.
Kimberly Moss –
So much fun to do this proejct based project with my students.
Jordan T. –
thank you!
Teaching with Yu –
My students love project based learning. Thank you.
Christina C. –
MY students loved this activity, they loved working together and planning the dream vacation. This resource was very helpful, all I could need for this class activity, ready to print and go! Thank you
Missy Mathis –
My students loved this resource.
Ashley Ellis –
Very engaging for my students!
Maureen M –
This was great for an end of the year project. I picked out the pages for the students to complete so that it fit into our time frame.
Kristin P. –
Thank you!
BetzEKisner –
The organization that this resource provided was amazing! Students were able to self navigate while I was out of town. Thank you.
Virginia U. –
great!