[azfarkas]

Hello! I appreciate all the great ideas that I recieved when I asked about polka dots and I have been working on it...but I am wondering if anyone can think of any catchy titles. Here is what I have so far...

Star student= "Student Spotlight" (I am going to make a spotlight and have it "shine" down onto the BB and put thier pictures in the light)

Decoration in hall= "Look who's been spotted in third grade!" (I made a set of binoculars and I am putting the kids names on different colored "spots")

I would appreciate any ideas for other places in my room (the "welcome" BB which has the lunch menu, calendar, school news etc)(birthdays)(reading area)(cubbies)....

Thank you so much for any help I am a first year teacher and feeling pretty anxious!

[REB]

"3rd grade's THE spot for a great year!" - welcome Bulletin board with lunch menu, calendar, school news, etc

Birthday board - "Spot today's celebrity!"

Reading area - "The Dot Spot"

not sure about cubbies...

Hope this helped.

REB

[mlambi]

You could have spotted animals say some of the catchy phrases for your boards/centers, such as dalmations, cows, cheetahs, etc.

That could be cute, too.

[Mom4a_and_c]

You could get great things with dots from target.

Marie from PA

Did you come up with any other ideas, I really like the theme....let me know :-)

[azfarkas]

Hello! I have not really come up with any more ideas...I am a first year teacher and I picked out a large rug (http://www.rug-decor.com/RDCatalog/detail.aspx?ID=4759) with what I like to call polka dots on it for my classroom. I then got the idea that as a theme I should call them spots because I actually have ideas for "spots"...but now my problem is that I really only have two ideas for spots! My star student area and a display for the hallway. I would like to come up with at least two more titles (one for my behavior chart and the other for my BB that has the calendar/menu/weekly news on it). I have purchased things with polka dots on it from various stores (such as folders, notepads, containers etc) but if I can't think of anything else to do with "spots" then I may just give up on a theme for this year because I have too many other things to think about!

I am also looking for a new "spots" idea. In the past I've used: "Second Grade Hits the Spot!" and "Look Who's Been Spotted in Second Grade". Good luck with your first year!

[Charliec]

i was so glad to stumble across your spots! I too am doing spots and dots!

I teach K at a christian school and have been trying to come with a title such as spotted with god's love......etc

I would really like a behavior chart idea. Last year we did bees and a bee hive where they had to move their bee for a behavior problem. Any ideas for a spotted/dotted chart?

Please keep me posted and I will do the same if you hav more ideas!

Oh, I used cd's silver side up then put a colored piece of paper in the middle with a letter in it. This is my sign for my classroom door. It looks great!

[azfarkas]

So far the only thing I have thought of for behavior is to make a really big target and write each child's name on an arrow and they will move thier arrow out of the middle when they misbehave...it's not really a spot..but I guess a title could be "Are you in the right Spot?" or maybe "Watch your Spot!" I am not sure...I
don't really like it but if I can't think of anything else I may use it!

I am interested in the CD's, do you have a picture? I can seem to understand in my mind what it would look like...also, what letters are in each one?

[wendyjo]

here is something kinda cute you could write CHECK OUT THIS DOT IT WILL TELL YOU ALOT! BUT ALL YOUR NEWS ON POLKA DOTS OF DIFFERENT COLORS OR INFORMATION DOT SPOT!
GOOD LUCK

[azfarkas]

Thank you so much for all of your ideas! Please let me know if you are able to think of anymore!

[CTSmith]

oh my goodness you just bought a rug that cost 1000 dollars- to put in your room for kids to walk on and track in mud

[azfarkas]

I did not spend a thousand dollars on that rug-I am not crazy! I took a picture of that rug to a carpet outlet and they found one that looks almost identical to that picture...