So, I told you I would be posting pictures soon, and I'm still in the process of getting my room all squared away. In the meantime, I had an idea of a behavior bulletin board that I mentioned in a previous post with a treasure map and all that jazz. Well, here it is...
My idea was to have this be a behavior system for managing groups in my class. Each group will have a colored or a numbered push pin and will be able to move along the game board for good teamwork and behavior! At every increment of 5 (marked with a jewel) the group will earn a prize. As they move along the board, the prizes get more desirable!! Annnd of course at the end, they earn the big treasure chest mystery prize!
To give credit where credit is due, our art teacher, K. Burge, graciously painted the map for me. She is awesome and I am so happy with the way it turned out! I will be sad when the year is over and it gets taken down!
I will be posting more snapshots for the classroom shortly!
As I have been buzzing around the blog world the last couple of days, I have seen mutliple posts about Pinterest and now I'm in love! It is so amazing that I can save anything cool or interesting that I want to file away in my brain and now I can do it all on Pinterest! Here are my Pinterests!!
I have also come across Sqworl. It is great for saving websites for students or for you. Click here for an example of collection of third grade blogs!
Pics of the classroom to come this week!
So, I've been in my classroom every day this week trying to prepare for the upcoming year. I spent like 3 whole days just organizing and labeling my classroom library into baskets. We are undertaking reading workshop this year at our school so I thought it would be helpful for the kids to finally have an organized library!
I feel like I haven't really gotten much stuff on the walls, but I have tons of ideas bouncing around in my head that go along with our "Learning is a Treasure" theme. I'm going to make a large treasure map game board on one of my class bulletin boards. Students will move along the board based on their behavior. At every increment of 5, there will be a reward and then at the end, they will get the treasure chest prize!! I will post pictures when I'm finished!
I'd like to do my reading area with "The Pirate's Cove: Set Sail with a Good Book." I purchased some pirate themed reading strategies signs that I will laminate and clip to a net.
To do the lunch count, I will have a sign titled: "Catches of the Day," and then the students will move their stick to the corresponding cup.
The EQ sign will be titled "Today's Treasure Map."
I am still working on my idea for the outside bulletin board and my door. Any ideas??
Pictures of the classroom to coom soon, so stay tuned!!
I was perusing Abby's blog The Inspired Apple and saw her adorable "School Rocks" theme and it got me thinking about classroom themes.
Our school wide theme this year is "Learning is a Treasure." Soooo, that's where you come in. I need help coming up with ideas for things to do/display/etc... in my classroom this year to go along with the theme!
I am so sorry for my prolonged absence but I hit a little summer fever back in, oh...April...
I still haven't really started thinking much about school yet, but I am getting there with only 3 weeks of freedom left!
I will begin my comeback soon! I promise and I will share all that I can!!
On another note, if you are interested in art, I have just posted some new paintings in my etsy shop. Please click here.
Happy summer!!
