Picture+Ideas

=Awesome Ideas for the Classroom! (Bulletin Boards and "Cute" Stuff)=

"Synonym" Rolls



"Rainbow Fish" - All kids can bring an old, junk CD to make a fish with! This would add plenty of color to the room!



"Hooo's in the Class" - This would be a great way to welcome the kids in the classroom! You could have it set up and ready for the kids to staple on their animal or character.



"Bucket Fillers" - This one goes along with the book "How Full is Your Bucket?" This book and board teaches the students to do positive things to add water to their buckets and their friends' buckets, instead of doing the wrong things, which empty buckets.



"Sight Word Stones" - Sight Words, Spelling Words, word Families, and so many more possibilities.



"Roll Out a Story" - This combats the issue of the student not being able to generate their own idea.



"Tent Center" - You can have the kids bring any old magazine clippings, books, flash cards, or anything else with words on them. You put the cards and clippings in an open air tent like the one above and let the kids explore and compete to find certain words. This helps them practice sound identification and word recognition. You can also control the level of difficulty by what you choose to put in the tent.

This is one of the graphic organizers that I love because the pre-write is on the same piece of paper as the rough draft space. For the younger kids, this would be a great resource.



"Cause and Effect" - These are great "flip" organizers that can be used for any concept or idea. They can decorate the outside and visualize the topic while they gather data.



"Story Elements" - I have had the chance to work so much with Story Elements, and I believe the graphic organizer may be the most important part, because at younger ages, the students really depend on visuals to look back to. A solid, detailed graphic organizer leads them throughout the rest of the complex process.