classroom theme

This year since I have 7 of the same kids I didn't want to do the same theme. I researched a lot and decided on an industrial chic theme. I kept it pretty simple but there's a lot of things I really like!

27 little 3rd graders!! It will be an adventure for sure!

 such good reminders!

This is our classroom motto!! I think it's so important to have a positive attitude and it totally affects what and how we accomplish things. 

This is a more recent picture but I decided to keep the library the same travel theme like I did last year. It's amazing the places a book can take you! And please notice our fun paper chain getting ready for the wedding!!

I'm so grateful for cute friends who come help me set up! This back bulletin board is going to be used to display work!

It's definitely a party in here with the lanterns and the hanging lights. Thank a billion times to Bryan for successfully putting up the lights. Keza and I struggled a bit. 

These are little tags I made for the open house. We are all set to go and ready for this school year to begin!

Passport Around the World

This school year I had a travel theme in my classroom. Traveling and culture is so important to me that I wanted to share that with my kids. I decided that they would have their very own passports and that we would "travel" to different places around the world each month so that they could learn about places that may seem completely foreign to them from their perspective in Santaquin, Utah. I had some amazing people that were willing to come and help me!! Each of them was so unique and it was so fun to see them put their own little spin on teaching the kids!

FRANCE

Literally every kid mentioned something about how gross the cheese was ha! But I was just proud of them for trying it!

SOUTH AFRICA

I was seriously laughing the whole time during this one. Tyler is a crackup! He got the kids involved which I loved.

ISRAEL

I taught them about Jerusalem, but it's not as exciting when your teacher that you hear from every day shares. They were still great listeners though!

HONDURAS

Emily did a cute little treasure hunt for them through powerpoint. It was the cutest! They also got to have a little dance party and loved that!

THAILAND

Kenz was in America for like .3 seconds but I made her come in and share some of her travels! This was cool because she got to show them pictures of the school she worked at and the kids could connect to other students around the world!

AUSTRIA

Gabe legit had them convinced that his name was Hans and that he came straight from Austria. It was the best. 

TONGA

This was such a unique culture for them. I love hearing them try all the different languages. Edgar got dressed up in traditional clothing, we talked a lot about Moana ha! and then they learned this cute dance!

It still amazes me how diverse our world is and how unique each culture is. I'm so grateful to have caught just a small glimpse of each of these countries and to learn about what is important to them and how the people live. I hope it was as meaningful to my kids as it was to me!