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"Getting to Know You" Bulletin Board
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I love this back to school bulletin board idea, since it's created mostly by the kids, yet still looks inviting on the first day of school. Best of all, it creates that feeling of connection and "getting to know you" that both teachers and students crave as they head back to school each year.
*See below for additional back-to-school activities that you can do with this bulletin board idea.
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- Attach 2 or 3 large Mighty Bright papers
(butterscotch color) with tape. Cut off one corner (as shown in photo)
to form the shape of a school bus.
- Cut out two circles from black paper and attach to the bottom of the bus as wheels.
- Attach
blue Mighty Bright papers (8.5 x 11) for windows. One face will fit in
each window, so try to fit as many as you'll need. You can place 2 rows,
"double decker," in order to get more in. You can also trim them a bit.
For large classes, if the necessary amount of students won't fit in the
bus, place the remainder of faces all around the bus.
- Use any
color Might Bright paper to write a welcoming message on top of the bus.
You may chose to focus on your theme, and write something like this:
"IN FIRST GRADE WE ARE EACH SPECIAL IN OUR OWN WAY" or "MEET THE SUPER
STUDENTS OF CLASS 5-A". Or stick to something neutral- "WELCOME TO MISS
SMITH'S FIRST GRADE".
- During the first week of school, have
children decorate a Face Cut-out to look like them. They can choose from
5 shades of skin and 4 colors of curly hair, to form a combination most
similar to their own. Either have them color eyes with markers, or use
Wiggle Eyes. Encourage children to add details (such as birthmarks,
dimples, eyebrows etc.) to make the face resemble them more.
- Place faces in windows to complete your eye-catching, original bulletin board for back to school.
*Back to school Activities to do in conjunction with this Bulletin Board:
- Provide
students with 5" colorful squares on which to write something about
themselves. You may wish to give them guidance in the form of questions
to answer, or general tips of what to write. For example, have children
write about all their favorites: color, pet, subject... Or just have
them write anything that makes them special.
- Once children
have finished writing about themselves, read one square at a time out
loud to the class without reading the name, and have the rest of the
class guess whose it is. Then allow that child to tack his/her square
alongside his/her face on the bulletin board.
- This back to school activity is an effective way for teachers to get to know more about their students. It also boosts the students' self esteem by giving them individualized attention, and respecting them for who they are as a unique person.
- Children
will be able to look at this back to school bulletin board over the
course of the first month of school (or however long it remains on the
wall,) and will learn more about each other by reading their friends'
"essays".
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