What's Going on in Mrs. Robinson's Room!

Singing For Joy

2011-12-07T13:27:00.000-08:00

This is my December hallway bulletin board. Our charecter trait this month is Joy. I found the carolers in a December holidays book. For the kids I made copies that they could color and then paste to their handwriting page. For the big carolers I kept blowing them up on the printer until they were the space I needed. Then I colored and laminated them to use again. The students writing assignment was "something that brings me joy is...." Then they wrote about things that bring them joy, like reading to a little sister or spending time with family. I love my bulletin board trim too. I like to decorate with lights because it gives a Christmas feeling without going overboard. I have a small bulletin board so if I want to display students work I have to do it above their lockers. You can also see the locker tags I made which are from a bigger Christmas lights diecut. This is quite possibley my favorite bulletin board I have ever made.

Making Spirits Bright

2011-12-02T14:19:00.000-08:00

Here is a cute idea for adding holiday decorations to your classroom for little to no money. I cut Christmas lights out of different colors of construction paper using a diecut. Then I taped them ,alternating facing up and down, on a book shelf in my room. I think it turned out great!

Something to Crow About

2011-11-01T16:02:00.000-07:00

I should have taken a picture of the whole bulletin board too before I took it down but, for some reason, didn't do that. This was part of my October bulletin board. We don't celebrate Halloween at our school so I like to do something fall related without being too Halloween-y. I got the idea from the October/November Teachers Mailbox magazine. ( Not entirely sure on the year.) First I had the kids color a picture of a crow printable from the magazine. Then we talked about things they could be proud of. Each student got a 1/2 piece of handwriting paper that they wrote their sentence on. I put all the crows on a bulletin board that had an orange background and the CUTEST border printed with candy corn. I did this the first couple of years with my students and hadn't done it for awhile. I remembered why I loved it in the first place! Next year I will have to take a picture of the finished product.

Math Meeting Board

2011-08-29T12:52:00.000-07:00

My math meeting board. I am slowly replacing all the pieces given to us by Saxon with something more attractive...and less yellow!

Hands Down, So Cute!

2011-08-29T12:48:00.000-07:00

Another new purchase for this year. In the past I had sticky notes at each place. It did the trick but was not nearly as cute!

Welcome back to school bulletin board

2011-08-29T12:36:00.000-07:00

After using the same bulletin board for the past 4 years I decided to get a new one this year, still in keeping with my fish/sea theme.

Welcome to a New School Year!

2011-08-21T21:01:00.000-07:00

A new school year is often like New Years in that teachers set goals ( or resolutions) for the coming school year. You are viewing one of my goals for this school year. I am hoping to keep up with my blog more so than I have in the past! This is my fifth year teaching 2nd grade and I am very excited for this coming school year. I hope you are too!