Classroom Pledge
There are many different traditions for the way the day begins in a classroom. Start yours with a pledge.
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White, Write, Wipe
Similar to handing out individual chalkboards for student use, whiteboards are the new answer to board work. For better or worse, they are now replacing some of the larger green chalkboards many classrooms have on their walls.
A Replacement for Traditional Chalkboards: Whiteboards
There’s no more chalk dust filling classroom air, no more chalk residue on your fingers, no more clapping the erasers outside after school. Instead, glossy white boards line the walls in a growing number of classrooms.
Whiteboards on a Zero Budget
Buying whiteboard material may be out-of-budget for some classrooms. Here are a couple of cheap (or free) alternatives.
How-to Tip: Bulletin Board Headlines
Whether you buy ready-made letters or use or cut your own for bulletin boards, there are some tricks for putting them up.
Bulletin Board: The Places We’ll Go!
Watch the video and follow these simple instructions to create your own “The Places We’ll Go!” bulletin board, or your own variation.
Bushes of Fun
Use this bulletin board to display childrens names on fruits and vegetables. Contents of basket can change from season to season as the year progresses. Keep your students in tune with what gets harvested when during the year.
Survive With a Good Book
Of course your students have favorite books, and your library displays many favorite titles. Use this bulletin board to showcase those and entice your students into reading!
Kindergarten is a Hands On Experience
Have your students pick their favorite color of paint to make their own hand prints on the bulletin board or have them work together to have a group picture.
You Otter Read It
This bulletin board could be used to display “excellent work” by students, what unit they have completed, or just a way to show their reading list for the year. Just hang each piece of paper or work under one of the friendly otters!
This could be the start of something BIG!
Use this friendly whale to invite your new students into your classroom at the beginning of the year and then inside have little whale name tags on each of their desks.
Sharp Students in Room ___
Let your students feel proud of the class they are in! Have them write their own names up on the bulletin board or have them draw their name on pieces of paper w/ whatever colors they’d like and then staple it around the pencil on the board.
Get work done by playing Homeworkopoly
Homeworkopoly is a fun way to encourage children to do their homework! Here are some basic instructions, but feel free to use your own judgment and change things around to suit your class needs.
Bring the Summer Into Your Classroom
If your students are suffering from the cold-weather blues, turn your classroom into a summer resort for a day or a week. They will get a chance to pretend it’s warm, and also do comparison activities that will put their brains to work.
Classroom Decor Ideas
Create custom spaces in your classroom to set a whole new feeling for the room overall.