 If you mail out back to school
welcome letters or have a before school open house,
design a ticket for the circus for your classroom. Give
students a "ticket" to the circus with your
name and room number, starting time, first day of school,
etc.
 Welcome Bulletin Board: Make a big
red/white carton and giant peanuts spilling out, put a
big clown and the title "Ms./Mr. ______ is nuts
about his/her new students!" Put one child's name on
each peanut. OR Make giant popcorn pieces out of
yellow/white paper and write "Look who's popping
into Ms. ____'s class!"
Classroom Jobs: A clown juggling,
put each job on a different ball and rotate student names
through the jobs by putting their name on a small tag.
"JUGGLING JOBS!"
Reading Corner: Use red and white
material,
wrap the ends around a small embroidery hoop, hang this
hoop from the ceiling and drape the material down over
the corner. Put a sign that says "Reading is Fun
Under the Big Top!"
Student of the week/month board:
Put up a picture of a funny circus animal flying on a
trapeze and put the title "LOOK WHOSE FYLING HIGH IN
Ms./Mr. _____'s CLASS"
Good Work Board: Put up a big lion
that says "SOME WORK TO ROARRRR ABOUT!" or
"NO LION, THIS IS GREAT WORK!"
Student nametags: Print out
various circus animals from clip-art and put the kids
names on them. I printed mine on cardstock this year and
laminated and they lasted nearly 3/4 of the school year.
Behavior Management: Put up a big
bulletin board with several different "Rings."
Give each student their own paper clown and they can move
them to the various rings for each infraction. "WE
DON'T CLOWN AROUND!" or Put up a seal for each
student and make it their goal to see how many small
paper balls they can earn to balance on their seals
noses. This could be a long term goal board or put three
to five to use daily. For a class goal, put up a circus
train by making small cars taped to the wall, student
must earn animals for the train, when it's full, a class
reward is given.
Word Wall: Cut out and laminate
paper balloons and use them for a word wall, add a
balloon for each word. This would really brighten up the
room.
Wall Decorations: Party stores
carry lots of clown type decorations and circus theme
stuff for kids parties, this would be great for your
door.
Bulletin boards: Cover the
backgrounds with fabric that is circus related. Red/white
stripes, bold colors, animals, etc.
Circus theme music: Find some
circus theme music on the internet or on tape. This can
be used to time students for a quick clean up. (My kids
love to try to beat the music.)
Krissy
http://www.beeyourbest.com
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