Smiley theme

iteach4 · **Smiley theme** 07-12-2006, 11:33 AM

Has anyone done a smiley theme? I am thinking of doing this to make my room a happy place.

REB · **I did smileys last year....** 07-12-2006, 11:44 AM

Hi!

I did smiley faces last year. I teach music...last year I taught at two schools, and had my own classroom at each...K-3, and 4-6. I used smiley faces at the K-3 school, and did a rock and roll theme at the 4-6 school.

What age group do you teach, and I'll try to help.

REB

iteach4 · **Thanks!** 07-12-2006, 12:47 PM

I will be teaching 4th.

REB · **Here's what I did last year...** 07-12-2006, 01:01 PM

I was trying to set the tone at a new school, so I went for smileys, because I was a new person there, and I wanted to set the "mood" for the year.

I had a lot of wall space, and a lot of door space as well, so I decorated a lot on the doors to the closets, and used that as bulletin board space.

I did we're all smiles in Mrs. ___'s room. I had a large Smiley face cut out, and put music notes around it.

And, I did smiley face cut outs with each teacher's name on them and the time they came to music listed, and above it read "So Happy Together"... (this was also a great tool to help me get used to my schedule.)

For behavior the wall said "Put your smile on!" and the rules were listed below.

For birthday wall I did " Keep Smilin', cause it's ______'s birthday!"
(I decorated that wall with retro looking designs...think 60's on that one..lol.)

My word pocket chart was also a large smiley face...lol.

And, I had a couple posters, one said "If you want a friend, be one", and had a smiley face on it...another read "Smile it's the first thing people like about you", and it had a gorilla smiling...and another one was Everyone smiles in the same language and it had children from various countries on it with joined hands.

My students especially the older ones LOVED the gorilla...lol.

If you need any other ideas, or if you want to bounce any ideas off of me, let me know. I'd be happy to help.

REB

iteach4 · **Theme** 07-12-2006, 04:09 PM

Thanks for sharing! I did find some cute smiley stuff at Toys R Us.

pamnpr · **Smiley Face Certificate** 07-12-2006, 04:22 PM

Hi, here's a cute Smiley Face Certificate link that might go along with your theme. Scroll down just a little and you will see it. "SMILE"

http://www.sites4teachers.com/links/...s.com/free.php

MichelleD · **Smiley Face Theme** 07-17-2006, 03:33 PM

Wal-Mart has some fabric that has multi-colored smiley faces on it. I am using it to make curtains for my classroom. I will pull different colors from the fabric as accent colors for my room.

Libby · **So glad to see this theme!** 07-17-2006, 05:55 PM

I was trying to find a theme and thought of this one and punched into google and look....we all have a great idea. Check out this web site for starters http://www.proteacher.net/archive/posts/2002/06/05/38218.html I'll post more when I find, please do the same.

Libby in Scottsdale