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Kindness and Confetti- Celebrating in the Classroom!

Our building is focusing on Robert Marzano's High Reliability Schools framework. For our level one safe, supportive, and collaborative culture goal, part of what we'll be doing is focusing on how to SUPPORT and CELEBRATE the good stuff! I ABSOLUTELY couldn't resist using bits and pieces of things I could find to create this hallway bulletin board to build a safe, caring culture of support in our kids. I used bulletin board letters I had for the words "sprinkle" and "like." Then, I printed off this AMAZING freebie from Especially Education. Grab it here ! Since running it through the Facebook group Fearless First Grade Teachers: Education to the Core, many great suggestions have come about! Writing students' names on the confetti dots as they complete acts of kindness, adding some authentic writing pieces about kindness, photos of the kids the size of the confetti dots, etc. I can't wait to meet them and be inspired. Because the BEST
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Welcoming Parents Back

As a parent, I know I experience a need to be welcomed as a partner in my child's learning.  As a teacher in the rush of school supply drop-off, it's easy to forget how anxious parents are that they meet you and feel like their voice is valued in the classroom.  So, when I came across the idea of a "parents' wishes" wreath, I knew I had to try it!



I found the wire wreath frame at a garage sale for $.75.  The ribbon that parents will write a wish on and add to the wreath was on clearance at JoAnn's fabric store.  The spool of burlap was bought with a coupon, so this wreath came in under $10!  Parents will write their wishes for their child's first grade year on a piece of the wire ribbon with a sharpie and twist it behind the wreath to attach it.  Then we'll have a wreath of our parents' wishes for us hanging on our door!  Can't wait to see how it turns out!

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