Can you Give me some Ideas for Creating a Back to School Bulletin Board?

Creativity and a good sense of imagination needs to be used to create a back to school bulletin board.

Some possible ideas are as below:

The first figure is an example of a bulletin board created to welcome students on the first day of their class. The atmosphere a teacher creates on the first day will set the tone for the entire year.

The second figure here shows a planned sketch of a bulletin board created to excite and let the students know what they will be studying in their third grade.

Your initial sketch may look something like this. It may have details on what is going to be there on the bulletin board. As your ideas develop, you can then add information and elements to this sketch including the colors you are going to use, the type of material etc.

The sketch is also an example of an informal layout. Pay attention to how balance is created even though the two sides of the board are not symmetrical.

You may also add images, adornments, information and any other 3 dimensional components.

In the third figure, the teacher has added a clothesline made of real cotton between the two posts. On the first day of school, teacher distributed pre-cut t-shirt shapes and each student decorated their representation to include sharing information about themselves. Some students have put their names on the shirt while others were more illustrative in telling who they are. From the simulated clothesline, students hung their contributions using clothespins (adornments) on the clothesline.

This fourth board here uses a pirate theme to draw in the attention of students while reinforcing some of the classroom rules. In this case, the teacher had a discussion with the class to decide on the most important rules. Then, the students chose five rules which were illustrated on the board. Notice the variety of additional elements which make the display interesting.

Students can also participate in constructing a class management bulletin board.

In the fifth bulletin board here, observe how student participation occurs in two different ways. Each student has made a drawing of their own hand with their name on it and secondly, together they decided on the “standard of behavior” for their classroom.

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