Ok I am going to go back and add some bulletin boards and lesson ideas from last semester but will then update monthly!! I do a theme for each month and I follow that theme with lessons and the bulletin board outside my office!! So here are just a few from last semester that I happened to take pictures of... I do lessons with Pre-K through 2nd and then lessons with 3rd-5th on an individual class basis. I am in each classroom one to three times a month.. Ok here we go....
I would totally recommend this book for lower grades.. For the month of August I just do an intro and tell them about me and remind them of school rules, 2 R's, etc.
September is always the month I focus on Diversity because my school is VERY diverse! This board was interactive. I took pictures of different students and the students could pull up the sheet and read how the two pictured students were alike and different. They love any pictures of their friends! I used sets of twins and this really and this really had them puzzled :) ahhh!
This is an amazing book that my principal bought for our school and read at a faculty meeting... I read this with ALL classes and did a little activity with each. I also made the board for the teachers as well! With lower grades (Pre-K-2nd) they made the poster above and we wrote the name of one person that had "filled their buckets." Upper grades (3rd-5th) really enjoyed the story too... with them I did a sheet that they were responsible to keep up with and list people who continually "filled their buckets." Finally, the teacher board is a place that faculty and staff can offer encouragement to each other by use of a drop! You must read this story if you have not, it is great!!
In October, we talked about stranger safety.. I used the DVD "Stranger Safety" By: The Safe Side which was created by John Walsh and Julie Clark. I did this in a 2 part series with lower grades. This DVD is a little silly but the kiddos LOVE it and it teaches some really good safety skills!! With the upper grades I developed a lesson from the book, SCOOP by Julia Cook... and the students made a SCOOP card with their name, address, and emergency contact. I then laminated them and returned them to the students to keep. This book really has a great plan for safety and is easy to use!
Ahh my favorite time of the year... I actually developed a PowerPoint presentation for the students this month with the title "WE Believe." We talked about the movie Polar Express and about the "believe bell." Then I encouraged the students to "believe" something for patients in the nursing home and hospital. I had previously taken pictures of some residents of both and had them in the PowerPoint to show to the students. They made the above craft and I sent them to be passed out to the residents of both facilities. This was an amazing opportunity for our students to give back to the sick and elderly! They really enjoyed it!!
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