Second Grade Best: Top 10 Fav's in My Room

How much do we love decorating our rooms? You will be able to tell really quickly that my room theme is Safari. I am constantly looking for things that are not only decorative but that function well. I can't even imagine what my room would look like without Pintrest. So many of the things I do are inspired by all of you teacher bloggers and all the ingenious ideas posted on Pintrest. So, here are my top 10 favorites!

1. C.R.A.F.T. Bulletin Board

These were from

http://www.ladybugsteacherfiles.com/2012/04/more-craft-cafe-headers.html

I love her stuff!

2. Daily 5 Choice Board

I got these from

http://www.3rdgradethoughts.com/search/label/daily%205#.UG91gE1DTCk

Actually, I got them from her TPT store, but she has sooo much great stuff on the Daily 5 that I had to share her blog link. I wrote the students numbers on flower petals and then put self-adhesive Velcro on the back. It is a really easy way for the students to move them through the choices. And yes, this is more of the $2.50 vinyl I bought at Wal-Mart that you will see in the project below. I can't believe I got two projects out of this one piece of vinyl!

3. Milk Crate Bench

The dual purpose of seating and storage is awesome! My students love this and the best part is the vinyl I used for the cushion was on clearance for $2.50 at Walmart!!! Here is the one that gave me the inspiration to give it a try.

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4. Door Decorations

I love my door decorations this year. I had the Toucan and knew I needed to come up with a clever saying. I thought this was kind of cute. What do you think?

5. Top Banana Board

Every week I choose a student to be our "Top Banana". I use this board to display pictures they bring from home and some of their favorites. I put contact paper over the paper so I can use sticky tack on the back of the pictures. That way it doesn't damage the pictures that I send back home and the contact paper keeps the grease from the sticky tack from staining my paper. (Side note - the contact paper doesn't normally look this shiny - read yucky - this is just a reflection of the flash.)

6. Class Library

I spent so much time making book bin labels and book stickers for my whole library this summer. I put a sticker on every single book I own (with some help from my sister). It wasn't until I was done that I saw that TPT had some great sets. Oh well! I still love my library and how much easier it is for the students to put the books back in the right place. I love my little tiki hut! I also made a book hospital which has worked out great. Now they know not to interrupt me to tell me there is a little tear on page 54. They just put it in the book hospital and I get to it when I have time.