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{Week 3} BTS in a FLASH! Decor & More

August 9, 2015 By fancyfreein4th

Happy Sunday! It is Week #3 in the Back to School in a Flash Link up that I am hosting with the talented and fabulous Courtney from Ramona Recommends and Jamie from Not so Wimpy Teacher. This week is all about Decor & More!
     This week’s post will not be a Classroom Reveal, instead it is a chance to share some snapshots that show ways to organize, set up, decorate your space.  For my post I am sharing how I utilize those awkward and hard to decorate places in the classroom.  

 Underneath the whiteboard is a difficult dead place to post things.  What I have done is transform it into a turn in station! This is where my kiddos turn in their Center Work.  It is a quick way for me to see who has missing work.

 ABOVE the white board has a similar problem. I have 6 white boards in my classroom- that’s right folks, SIX! This white board is on the side of the room where our door is, so it doesn’t get a lot of attention from students. PLUS, hanging things above white boards is an especially difficult task for this 5 foot teacher. All last year this was just a plain black space. This year I am switching up my classroom theme from Owls, Polka Dots and Chevron  to a Fancy Fourth Grade Forest. Every forest needs some greenery, so above this white board, I created some lovely rolling hills with fadeless paper. I haven’t figured out what else I will add to this once it is done, but it looks WAY better than just black and it will tie in the room’s theme nicely.

    Raise your hand if you HATE decorating around switches, outlets, and air conditioning units! They look so awkward and distract the eye.  Well this year, I had a brilliant plan of camouflaging it with some more Fancy Forest Decor.  
Tada! I had a Tim Gun moment and I made it work!

 Last but not least, since I have 6 white boards in my room, plus a Smart Board, some built in shelves,  and a sink… I don’t have a lot of actual bulletin board space. So I have to get creative and what I’ve done is transform the hallway into a bulletin board! The students love having their work displayed outside for others to see. Whenever I change it up, they look to see where there’s is and they search with such pride!

This year I got some amazing fadeless paper  that looks like wood from Amazon Prime. I have always wanted to layer my border and watched some amazing tutorials like Kinder Craze’s, but I did not have the time nor the patience to measure and use a hot glue gun.  I simply stapled and layered as I went piece by piece. I think they still came out quite fancy!  I love the final product and I created a matching one on the other side of my door so I can share even more of my student’s work!

Now it is your turn to join in on the fun! I know some of you have already started back at school or are just about to. If you are like me, I don’t start school until September, so I haven’t been in my classroom much yet. Don’t worry, you can still participate! The idea for Decor & More is not to do a huge classroom reveal, but a snapshot (or some snapshots) of areas in your classroom.  It can be: a bulletin board or a bulletin board tip, supply bins, what you use for bathroom passes, how you keep track of pull-outs, PE equipment storage, desk arrangements… It can be a tutorial on how you’ve organized your library, your data wall, centers, a classroom theme… it can be ANYTHING and it doesn’t have to be something huge or time consuming.  Simply drag this image….

…into powerpoint and share 1 or more things and link up. Here are the flashes to help organize and break up your post! Remember, you have all week to link up.

An InLinkz Link-up

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