Picture Frame Rules Display

I found a really cute picture frame which holds five photos.  The frame came from Ollie's and was only $5.99!  I decided to make 4x6 prints of my rules and displayed them in the frame.  When I'm able to get in my classroom I plan to embellish the frame with some brightly colored tissue-paper flowers.

Calling All Classroom Decorators!

Due to my classroom getting painted over the summer, I had to remove EVERYTHING off my classroom walls.  Now your normal teacher would be ecstatic.  I however experienced an abnormal amount of anxiety when given word to make my walls bare.  See, most people don't understand the time, patience, and hard work it takes to make a middle school science classroom...well, pretty.  Now I am starting over.  My classroom is a now blank canvas!  Of course I will be sticking with the zebra print, hot pink, blue, and lime green color scheme.  I just have too much stuff in those colors to start over. But I would LOVE input and ideas from other teachers.  What works for you? I would also LOVE to see photos of other classrooms.  Preferably not the ones we all see on Pinterest each day.  If you have any classroom photos you'd love to share send them to me at 

steffijacobs1@gmail.com 

I'll even showcase your photos on my blog!  Just be sure to include your name and any other information you'd like for me to include!  

Below are some of the crafty items I've purchased this summer.  

Trips to Dollar Tree, Michael's, Ollies, and Staples!  

Found the cutest frames at Michael's!  I plan to use them as table signs.  

Looking forward to seeing YOUR ideas!!! 

Meet the Teacher Night ~ Parent/Student Activity

Overview: 

Meet the teacher night is always so hectic!  I find myself constantly having to repeat information and then questioning if I covered everything with each individual parent. Sometimes the line to meet me ends up out the door and into the hallway.  If parents are as impatient standing around as I am then I'm sure they get more than frustrated!  So this year I have decided to have stations for parents to visit as they are waiting in line to meet me.  At these stations, parents will pick up components of a layered book, one section at a time.  The stations will zig-zag throughout the classroom.  This will give parents to take a tour of the room and will give them something to read or look over as they wait.  The last station will be set up for parents to complete their layered book using either ribbon and hole punchers or staples to hold it together.  My hope in creating this activity is that it will free up the conversation so that I may learn a bit more about the student and his/her family.

Station 1: At this station parents and students will pick up the cover/welcome component.  I will also have a list of instructions and a sign-in sheet.  

Station 2: At this station parents and students will pick up the teacher information component.  

Station 3:  At this station parents and students will pick up classroom supplies information.  I will also have all items on display.  Parents can be visual learners too! 

Station 4: This station provides parents and students with a list of classroom expectation.  

Station 5:  This station provides a list of topics students will be learning in 8th grade science.  

Classroom Door Hanger

First attempt...

Scavenger Hunt: The Mysterious Disease X

PDF and complete information coming soon!

Ecological Pyramids

I am very grateful for the opportunity of having a student teacher.  I can honestly say she is teaching me as much as I am teaching her.  This is the foldable she created for teaching biological pyramids.  It includes, energy, numbers, and biomass.

Updated: The A-B-Cs of Science

It was brought to my attention that my end of year vocabulary photo albums weren't very easy to find.  In fact, I couldn't even find the file.  I'm not sure if it had been deleted or if it was an error on my end.  But!....I created a new version and I have it posted on Teacher's Notebook for free of course!

Here is the direct link to this item:  The A-B-Cs of Science