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Dr. Seuss Inspired Classroom Theme

Kelly Tenkely29 Comments on Dr. Seuss Inspired Classroom Theme5912 views

Since I don’t have a classroom of my own to set up this year, I dropped into a friends classroom to offer my bulletin board expertise (I LOVE decorating for the year and begged for her to let me help).  She is teaching first grade for the first time this year and wanted a fun theme.  Dr. Seuss is perfect!  I hunted down some good Dr. Seuss quotes that would tie in with what she wanted to display on the bulletin boards and we set to work pulling it all together.  I think it looks great!

This is right next to the clock, it says "How did it get late so soon?"
Above the door to the classroom it says: Today was good. Today was fun. Tomorrow is another one.
This is the classroom jobs board and morning message board.
Over the jobs board it says: This mess is too big and too deep and too tall. But, we can clean it up! We can clean it up all!
Kings Kid is like a Star Student or VIP, they make a poster all about them to hang up for the week. This quote says: Today you are you, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is youer than you.
This is the reading corner, it turned out so cozy!
Another angle of the reading center with the Cat in the Hat on the back of a bookshelf.
On the closet door is Thing 2.
Horton is on the girls bathroom door.
Two fish is on the boys bathroom door.
The backside of two bookcases in the reading center.
This is where student work will be displayed. The quote above says: Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh the Thinks you can think up if only you try!
Front of the classroom with the Promethean board.
Back of the classroom.
Toward the reading center.
Teacher desk

The room turned out so cute!  Right now the calendar has purchased numbers on it, I suggested that she take pictures of all of the kids holding up their class number and using those as numbers on the calendar.  She only has 19 students this year so for the additional numbers she is going to have specialist teachers and admin hold up numbers.  To tie in with the Dr. Seuss theme, she is going to use Photo Booth’s green screen background to insert a Dr. Seuss background for the kids.  The kids will wear a Cat in the Hat hat for the pictures.  🙂  It is going to be cute!

My favorite touches in the room are that each bulletin board is designed for student interaction or to display student work or accomplishments.  I can’t wait to see it when all of the student work is up!