Look at this cute 7-Habits bulletin board my co-worker did. The students listed what they want to be when they finish their education under their bobble-heads. I'm posting it here so I can add it to Pinterest.

My students finished their bio-poem self-portraits last Friday. It turned out looking pretty great! I still have to put the caption above all of the portraits.

By the way if you are wondering where the pretty flower design went, the template design site that I'm using is currently updating their site. Hopefully, it'll look better soon!

Today our class worked on a self-portrait hallway display. This idea came from my co-worker, Lindsey Upton, a few years ago. I changed it a little this year by adding a Bio-Poem. First, the students were given paper that I had previously tri-folded for them. They began drawing their self-portrait face on the outside flaps of the tri-fold today, but we didn't have time to get finished. Tomorrow when they finish drawing their face, they will complete their Bio-Poem and glue it to the inside center of the trifold. I plan to hang these in the hall with the caption, "Guess Who" above the student work samples. These are really cute for parent open house night! After we get them hung up, I'll post another picture.

This one is my teacher example.

After the students get theirs finished, I'll take a better picture of what the inside looks like.

I've been working hard the past two weeks on redecorating, and I'm really excited how my room is turning out! At first, I thought it was going to be way to bright, but after I hung the blue fabric above the cabinets it toned the brightness down quite a bit. Anyways, I don't think you can go wrong with using bright colors and primary colors in a classroom. Every year when I give out a student survey and ask the question, "What did you enjoy about your classroom?" Many of my students always say that their classroom was colorful. I'm also trying to stay as "gender neutral" as I can so that my boys will love their classroom as well as my girls. I still have so much more to do before school starts which is only 1 week away!