Jungle Survival 101 - Elementary Jungle Back To School Bulletin Board Idea
This past week, I had the extreme privilege of visiting my childhood elementary school to check out the newest and best in classroom decorations! Despite their busy schedules - meetings and last minute preparations before school started the next day - the gracious teachers at Hartville Elementary welcomed me into their colorful and engaging world; a world in which they will spend countless hours the next 180 days, imp!acting the lives of the children in our community. I thank you all for dedicating your lives to helping our children grow, both as students and individuals. Here's to a brilliant school year, ladies and gents! {And thanks a million for allowing me the opportunity to visit your classrooms! I had a blast!}
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Welcome to Room 201 - home to Mrs. Walters' third graders! ...And you better watch out because it's a jungle in there! The jungle theme is one of our favorites this year and, having caught glimpses of zebra and leopard print while walking through the halls, I was super excited to check out this room in particular! Walking in, this "Advice" wall caught my eye immediately. The concept is super simple, but is a great way to help new students get acclimated to the new learning environment. Who wouldn't want advice from someone who has gone before?!
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How To Survive in the Jungle
At the end of the year, provide each of your students with a sentence strip, markers, and a print of their school picture, having them create properly formatted/punctuated dialogue sentences containing words of wisdom for the next class. Here are a few of our favorite examples from Mrs. Walters' class...
- "Beat Mrs. Walters in math!" says Shane.
- "Remember not to shout out." says Jesse.
- Abigail says, "Make good choices!"
Jungle "Advice" Bulletin Board
- Background: Black bulletin board paper.
- Title: "Advice", "How To Survive in the Jungle", "Jungle Survival Guide", "Jungle Survival 101", etc.
- Border: Animal print trimmer.
- Decoration: Use your students' advice sentence strips, adding jungle accents if desired. Mrs. Walters used TREND's "Monkey Mischief" accents.
Can't wait to share more jungle fun tomorrow - be sure to check back! And, as always, we'd love to hear from you so be sure to leave us a comment below or connect with us on Facebook!