April Bulletin Board

I can honestly say...I LOVE bulletin boards. While most teachers see them as a hassle and a waste of their time. I absolutely enjoy thinking of new ideas for them and searching for creative ways to display my students work, because, honestly, their work deserved to be displayed (and not in something that took me 37 seconds to decorate either). When I put time and energy into my bulletin board, my students know that I treasure their work, and it makes them happy to see it so close to the front office :)

So...here is my April bulletin board

My students got to choose the middle of their flower. They could choose any word family (at, an, it, ig, ed, en, op, un, and ug) we have learned, or any 2consonant blend (ch, th, sh, cr, dr, and tr). After they choose their middle, the students wrote words that belong to that family or blend on petals. They attached them all together with a stem to make a beautiful flower.  *This would have been great in my Spring reading theme, maybe next year lol*

Seeing as how I could not just put flowers on my bulletin board, I added some brown butcher paper to resemble dirt and then twisted green butcher paper to look like roots or vines. Next came the title, easy enough, it is always "Spring into" (you fill in the blank) and this time it was "great work!"The finishing touch was a yellow sun added to the top corner of the board.

And as always, I added the task and standard. And yes, that standard is a 1st grade standard, because my kids are that wonderful :)