Knowing how to build classroom community is one of the essential components of a successful school year for teachers and students.
It sure was a Monday! I stayed late at school today to get all of my plans uploaded, copies made, and organized. WHEW! It feels GREAT! My students are keeping track of the minutes they read AT HOME. We have a contest going on where they can earn prizes and I have a graph on the bulletin board outside of my room. The challenge is for everyone to read 210 minutes, the TSHIRT level! If we all get a T-Shirt, we get a pizza party! YUMM! They are very excited and today, I gave away the seventh shirt. (Once we got six, popcorn party...once we get 12, ice cream sundae party, once we get all 18, pizza party!) We get to have our popcorn party tomorrow. Check out the bulletin board I have to keep track.--> *note: this is outdated and not reflective of the current T-Shirt standings* As a teacher, it is hard to sometimes get parents involved at home to read with their students. This is a great way to keep them focused and see their results. It also adds in a bit of math! Have a great night! -Alexis-
Welcome to Mrs. Voss' Room! The first day activity is ready for the students when they walk in the first day of school! Above is our whole group learning area! Above is our standards board that helps us know what we are expected to learn! Our Growing Readers bulletin board helps students keep track of their reading levels. Our Accelerated Reading Program helps us earn points towards our reading goals. Each students monthly goal is 2 points total. The yearly goal is 18 points. This chart helps students keep track of how many points they earn! The board above is apart of our daily program called RAPS where students learn and practice key math components as a whole group. Some of the components include days of the week, months, place value, problem solving, counting coins, and time.
I knew I wanted a way to make my goals accessible to my students. After all, they are their goals, not mine. They should not be kept hidden away somewhere in a data binder where mine are the only eyes to see them. My students should 1. Know what their goals 2. Be reminded of how to …
Time to inspire and motivate your students with these 4 fun bulletin board ideas that are perfect for schools, classrooms, or libraries!
Planning out your classroom bulletin boards? I'm sharing lots of ideas and tips, plus pictures of my favorite bulletin boards!
One of the things we try to do at our school is to make our reading visible. From my own display of books I have read outside of our classroom, to the rotating book displays in our classroom and sc…
I've been wanting to make an interactive bulletin board for a long time and I finally executed it this week! I'm not sure why I chose to make it during such a busy week! The goal is for students to read for at least 20 minutes at home each night. When you add up all those minutes, it ends up being a lot by the end of a school year! Why read at home? Here's an informational flyer that can bring insight to that: I realize that for some families, this may be difficult to do because of how busy life can get. However, any amount of time is definitely helpful! Here's the bulletin board I created: Each little blue flag is worth 250 minutes. To make it to the finish line would require 10,000 minutes of reading at home! Wheew! Now that would be a goal to accomplish :) The great news is that I don't care what it is students read: books, comics, magazines, cereal boxes, basically anything works!
Creative and fun classroom reading bulletin board ideas including tons of DIY ideas and interactive display that your students will love!
Encourage your class to read their hearts out! A bright addition to your classroom decor, this colorful bulletin board set features a bright book border and a message that “Our class loves reading.” Use the blank cutouts to write students’ names, reading goals, favorite books or any other reading-related info. Browse this site for reading rewards to hand out when they reach their goal as an extra fun incentive!
Back to school time is overwhelming, but this back to school bulletin board is perfect to help get ready for a reading challenge to use with your students.
The summer weather has us itching to pick up a good book and inspiring our students to do the same.
Oly-Fun makes a great material for bulletin boards. It’s easy to cut and staple through, but unlike paper it WON’T fade or tear. Oly-Fun comes in so many bright colors we thought it was perfect to use for a Candy Land themed bulletin board to help encourage and track reading.
This puzzle pieces bulletin board is perfect for community building in any elementary classroom. You will find SIX different puzzles in this bundle!
The summer weather has us itching to pick up a good book and inspiring our students to do the same.
Your students will love this interactive bulletin board, allowing them to celebrate achieving classroom goals!
This is my latest Dr. Seuss Bulletin Board undertaking. I was challenged to create a Dr. Seuss board that tracked the number of books a classroom or school read. Obviously, you can change the numbers based on how many students are participating. I did this one based on the number of books a class would have read. The idea here is that for every 5 books a class reads, they would move the hat to track their progress. You could even put a picture of the prize the class wins at the end of the road to help them keep their goals in mind. I will warn you, this board is a bit more challenging to create than one might think. You might be sure and put this one somewhere that you can leave up all year, maybe even in the hallway outside your door! Here are the items I used and how I achieved this look... PAC57338 - Violet 48"X12' Fadeless Paper EU847041 - Favorite Books Mini BBS EU847215 - Dr. Seuss Upper & Lowercase Punch Out Letters PAC53821E - Orange Premium Posterboard PAC53861E - Dark Blue Premium Posterboard PAC53841E - Dark Green Premium Posterboard PAC53801E - Red Premium Posterboard CTP6579 - 4" Black Designer Punch Out Numbers EU841300 - The Cat's Hat Cut Outs In order to create the road, I cut the poster board into 4 sections and laid them out the length of the board overlapping them just a bit. Then I drew out my road on top of it and cut it out. I outlined the seams in black marker. Once I started tacking it up, it was easier to see if I needed to trim a piece down. I used the black numbers on each piece and accented with the book covers and characters in the Mini BBS. The hat cut out is what I used as the progress marker. **If you have questions about this, as I am sure you will, feel free to leave a comment and I'll do my best to explain any of this that seems unclear.**
OK....here is it....my classroom reveal for this year:) I have had kiddos for 2 days and all is going well other than I am WHOOPED when I get home. So here ya go! Hopefully it all makes sense and I have linked to everyone:) This is my desk/small group area. I have used the crate seats for years and love them and so do my kids! All set up for open house in this pic:) This is my fave bulletin board! I LOVE the shiplap paper. I got it from Amazon. This bulletin board idea is from Teaching in High Heels. As soon as I saw it on IG I knew I had to do one! And the adorable "coming soon" signs are free at her shop!!! These awesome positive thinking signs are from Bitten by the Teaching Bug:) These are great because I read Mindset this summer and these go right along with it. We do AR in my classroom. Each child has points, a range, and percentage correct goals specific for them:) We use this board to track their progress each quarter. I LOVE the shiplap here!!!! This is part of our classroom jobs board. It's all filled up with names now:) Our word wall. The kid letters are from The Pinspired Teacher. Our daily 5 section with our reading rotations:) Reading posters are from The Tattooed Teacher:) More library and our library event calendar:) And more library and more fab posters from The Tattooed Teacher! This is my dry erase board. I have divided it into sections to work for our needs. Homework:) Learning goals and understanding rubric:) This adorable little homework collecting basket was a Facebook live tip from Teach Create Motivate:) This little book shelf stores some of our math rotation items and activities. Text talk bulletin board from Simply Creative Teaching. Great to get chatter going about what we are reading:) View from my small group table. This is our read aloud spot and our math meeting spot:) All our book luggage ready to be filled:) Thank you for popping by! I hope you got a little inspiration from my pics:)
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