I came up with this winter bulletin board idea around Thanksgiving, and I saved it for January. I love it so much that I might keep it up until spring. Can you tell the kids are having a snowball fight? I didn’t know if it would translate.
I don’t have my Halloween decorations up yet, but I do have all of my October displays out.
I love my displays so much more now that I’m doing the signs in color. And work has been so great this month, I’m tackling a ton of projects that are so satisfying. My brain is working pretty well during the 2nd trimester, so I’m taking advantage before it turns to mush again in a couple of months. I’ve totally revamped the Battle of the Books program at school, I’ve got the schedule finished for the library moms, I put in another great book order, I finally tackled the filing system my predecessor left behind, and all my lesson plans are written through the first week of November.
And I was so calm, it was great.
A lot of my bulletin boards and displays still needed to be finished, and since I can no longer easily/safely scramble on top of my bookcases like I normally would, I saved them for this week so the older kids could help. They’re so helpful, I love it. The 3rd and 4th grade classes took my “Spotlight On” bulletin board from this:
To this:
I’ve got a 3-day week at school this week for NJ Teachers Convention. November is always kind of a short month, and yesterday I got all of my displays up. Much more on the ball than last month. I have the new books out, which I finally processed and got ready to circulate.
I kept the Lauren Child “Spotlight On” up because I ordered a ton of Charlie and Lola books that I was just able to put out this month.
Beverly Cleary is my Spotlight On chapter book author for November. Ramona is having a moment again.
I love the new picture books I ordered for this year. I hope the kids do, too. Some are brand new titles, some are books I love that we don’t have.
I went to work today. I’m still feeling pretty terrible, but I just refused to be out a whole week. Adam worked from home so he could drive me to and from school (Best Husband Ever). And I managed, even though I’m back in bed now.