Classroom

Even though I love Christmas Break, I dread taking down the Christmas decorations and bulletin boards in my classroom because it just looked so great with everything up.  However, I want everything Christmas gone so I don’t have to come back to it in January.  Our last day of school before break was today, so I decided to have the students write about their New Year’s Resolutions.  We discussed the word resolution and brainstormed some ideas.  Then we made penguins to glue our resolutions onto and titled the bulletin board, “Cool Resolutions.”  Now we’re all set for January.

I loved their resolutions.  Some of my favorites: “I will eat more fruits and vegetables”  “I will not fight with my brother.”  “I will try and behave.”  “I will always listen to my teacher.”

This is an easy bulletin board that I did this year.  I cut out Christmas lightbulb shapes from construction paper and had students write something they could do to make the world a better place. 

For this bulletin board, I had each student complete a job application to be one of Santa’s elves.  Then they colored and cut out the elf ears, hat, and body.  I glued these parts to their faces.  SO CUTE!!

Click here for my Elf Job Application.