Halloween Mesh Wreath

Last Halloween, I took a mesh wreath class at Joann's, and this one came out WAY better than the very first one I created. I used two different colors of mesh, plus some Halloween ribbons from Joann's and Michaels. I got the sign and the decorations from Michaels. It goes very nicely with my Halloween themed classroom.

Halloween Word Wall Tree

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Every year, I decorate my classroom for Halloween. I have a word wall tree up in the front of my room. I wanted to change the tree from my usual owl theme, to a more Halloween theme. I used the "fade less" paper that I buy at my local teacher store. I also used a Charlie Brown pumpkin theme border, to make it look more "Halloweeny". I also bought the orange and yellow note cards, at the teacher store. I had some fun with some free Halloween fonts. For the words, I used my Silhouette and Amy Chomas marker holder with a purple Sharpie to create the words that we are studying in Flocabulary

Halloween Themed

Here is a look at some of the rest of my decorations. 

Welcome Back Melinda!

Math is Fun!

I was so happy when one of my colleagues returned from being out for back surgery. My fellow co-teacher, Melinda Castaño, had to be out two weeks for back surgery from one of her car accidents. I put together this cork board to welcome her back. This was a plain cork board I found at an estate sale, and wanted to jazz up. I bought some rulers back in the summer, when they were super cheap, from Staples. I glued the rulers around the board with E6000 glue. My husband used his saw to cut two of the rulers to size. The "Math is Fun" banner was made using some pennants I found at Hobby Lobby and silver stickers. I used buttons and glue dots to make them stick because I didn't want to mess with string. I also used the E6000 glue to attach push pins to some decorative clothespins that I bought at Hobby Lobby. The post-it I grabbed from the Target Dollar spot. The folders and envelopes, I bought at Michaels and used push pins to attach them. I thought the cork board still looked kind of boring, so I attached some of my many washi tapes to make it a little more interesting. (I really need to stop buying washi tape!) Needless to say, she loved it! I am happy to have her back at school, so we can do great work together.  

Decorating for the New School Year

The last several weeks, I have been getting reading for the new school year. I'm almost done with all my bulletin boards. I need to finish the "Word Wall". I'm going to put the words "Word Wall" on the owl tree and then put the words up. I will post when finished. Since I write terribly, I used my Silhouette to cut out all the wording for my bulletin boards. I also purchased the thought bubbles from the Silhouette online store, and cut them out. I plan to use that bulletin board for a place for the kids to post their exit tickets. I'm glad that I'm almost done with all the bulletin boards, now on to lesson plans!

Mustache Bulletin Board

 I was inspired by all the "Moustache" stuff, I've seen everywhere. When I saw this paper at Hobby Lobby, I couldn't resist it. It is supposed to be for lockers, but I thought it would work well for a background on my bulletin board. I used my Silhouette to cut the "moustache" and words. I love how it turned out.

Classroom Door Hangers

Sometime this year, I bought these door hangers on clearance at Michaels. I finally decided what I could use them for. I always have to post a sign when I leave my classroom. Of course, I'm always rushing at the last minute, looking for a piece of paper, so I can scribble a sign. I made little door hangers so that I can hang on the knob when we leave the classroom. I used the Amy Chomas marker holder in my Silhouette, and a regular sized Sharpie. Luckily,  the font was skinny enough that the Sharpie filled in the font. I tried a Paper Mate Flair pen at first, but I thought the Sharpie stood out more. The font was So Splendid free font. It is really cute and I love how it turned out on the signs.

Mod Podge Book Holders

It's "Back to School time", and all the stores have cardboard boxes for the folders, notebook paper, and notebooks. I asked for a couple of the boxes so that I could display my books in my classroom by genre. I used paper Mod Podge and two packages of chevron-themed paper from Michaels. I probably could have gotten away using one package, but I wanted to Mod Podge the inside as well. All summer, I have been adding a strip of duct tape to the books to make it easier to organize after the kids mix them up.