I remind myself every September that even though I'm tempted to put up a whole lot more, I need to start out with blank bulletin boards - or simply placeholders - until I have the chance to actually teach the various posters and displays. Especially in Grade One French Immersion , there's little point in displaying anchor charts or posters of sounds or numbers until they can actually pronounce, let alone read, the content. Might as well use wallpaper! Plus, I like to have at least two boards of student work up for Curriculum Night.
The Guided Reading Board and Word Wall are ready to fill in. I did, however, manage to get the alphabet letters up - with staples this time - forget about "mavalus tape" - my room is the queen of masking tape resistance.
My centre d'écoute and centre de lecture. New this year is an idea I found on Pinterest for organizing magnetic letters for initial alphabet/writing centre work. It's a shoebag, bought at Canadian Tire for around $12. Now, almost each letter has its own labeled see-through pouch. It's not that I don't appreciate the sensory thrill of digging through a basket to find a letter, I just don't get the frustration involved when they can't find the right one, or perhaps there are no additional letters to be found. This way, the children can immediately see if there aren't any more available.
Now, I still need to create some duo-tang labels and to repair some of the classroom library books.
Looking forward to a great year!
