More Classroom Pics and Homecoming

Daily 5 Wall

Various Daily 4 Materials- Word Detectives, ABC Noodle Books, ABC Geobards, Pokey Penmanship, Dry Erase handwriting books, etc...

College Bulletin Board in the hall- coordinates with Accelerated Reader program.

My door sign. :) 

Welcome sign outside my door. I love it! Found it online. :)

Little sweeties w/ mums we made. :)  

5 Minute Mums :) Sweet little girls! :)

Mr. Handsome leading us through our counting this morning. He was all spiffed up for homecoming.

My kids & I  Homecoming 2012 Don't they look nice?!

Eeek Zebra Stenciling!

Okay so this took a LONG time... I almost changed my mind three times...But I finally finished stencil TWELVE long sheets of construction paper. I went through about six permanent markers! BUT I think it was worth it. I plan to surround it with black border to tone it down a little. I didn't take an after picture but I also put my ABC line w/ the corresponding pictures here. I also plan to create something to go in the center. Excuse the mess! I was in the process of moving things & still unpacking things.

Here is a close up.

Here is some AWESOME border I found at Mardel's

My "Create" Board

I found this idea on Clutter-Free Classroom's blog here http://clutterfreeclassroom.blogspot.com/2012/07/my-create-board-to-showcase-student.html.

Mine is a little different. I only used red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, & violet. I used six boxes of crayons. 50 cents at Target & Walmart! :) The canvas was about $10 at Michaels. Walmart has two packs for $11...so if you want to make two or had a need for another canvas that would be your better buy.

First line up your crayons to get them where you want them. MAKE SURE YOU ARE LOOKING AT THEM FROM THE TOP OR THEY WON'T BE STRAIGHT! I LEARNED THIS THE HARD WAY. Fortunately they peeled off fairly easy so I could reposition them. Then using hot glue- glue them on one at a time. Then use a hair dryer on low heat. High heat blows toohard & makes the melting crayon splatter. It melts VERY QUICKLY so pay attention lol. :)

This top picture was right after melting- looks neat!

I used wooden letters painted white & then zebra striped (of course) to spell Create. I want this to inspire my kiddos. I am debating leaving it as is or trimming with ribbon...What do you think? This was a fun project that didn't take much time. I love the colors!

My Teacher's Chair Was Sad & Blue....So I gave it a ZEBRA DO! :)