Closure refers to an activity that ends a lesson and creates a lasting impression, a phenomenon called the recency effect. Teachers can use closure activities to check for student understanding, emphasize key information, correct misunderstandings, and tie up loose ends. ⁣ Here are 5 creative closure activities that work in both distance and in-person learning: ⁣ ⁣ 1. Parent Hotline: Ask students an interesting question about the lesson, but don't discuss it. Email their guardians the answer so that the topic can be discussed over dinner.⁣ ⁣ 2. DJ Summary: Learners write what they learned in the form of a favorite song. Offer extra praise if they sing it to someone else.⁣ ⁣ 3. Teach a Younger Child: Have kids orally describe a concept, procedure, or skill in terms so simple that a younger child would get it.⁣ ⁣ 4. Students I Learned From the Most: Kids write notes to peers describing what they learned from them during class discussions.⁣ ⁣ 5. Simile Me: Have students complete the foll...