Book Fair

It's book fair week for me! That means it's in my best interests to take a blogging break so I can conserve my time and energy for the work that needs to be done this week. I'll be back next week to let you know how things worked out with my Countdown to Spring Break Survival Kit, because by the time I post again, I will be ON Spring Break.

I'll leave you with this picture - my bulletin board for Book Fair - each teacher's section is a pocket for their book fair wish list. I'm really pleased with how it turned out!

Bulletin Boards

Last year I felt like one of my (many) areas for growth in my job was the planning and use of bulletin boards. In fact, I can't really remember what I did with my bulletin board space for most of last year.

This year I have tried to be more intentional. I planned one to start the school year, and I figured out that if I keep the first one up until the end of September, then do a fall one for October and November and a winter one for December and January, I can avoid having to change my bulletin board during my busy seasons, like book fair and Christmas break. I haven't quite decided what to do for second semester, but here are the three from this year so far. I've painted on my bulletin boards twice this year, and I liked the result, although it is a little scary because if it turns out crummy I have to pull the whole thing down and start from scratch. So far I haven't had to do that (Phew!).

"A-B-Sea Read with Me"

"Fall into a Good Book"

[After I took this picture, I added some laminated pictures of book covers and had them leaning on the tree and on the pumpkins.]

"Reading in a Winter Wonderland"