I'm not sure who mentioned the following activity, but I tried it today. The teacher's task is to monitor the students' academic progress, social and behavior issues if there are any, act as advocate if the a kid gets into trouble, advise parents if necessary, etc. I distributed blank sheets of paper, each student had their own page with their name at the top.
Instructions are to identify, describe, etc.
They knew I would collect and read each and give to them tomorrow. I felt fairly certain, also, that the group worked effectivly together and had done some bonding over the school year. It will be a nice gift for them tomorrow as they leave the room to go to take a much-dreaded history unit test.