Back to School Bulletin Boards

On this page you will find back to school and open house bulletin boards and displays as well as job charts, classroom rules, alphabets and numerals, and other classroom decor

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Back to School and Open House Bulletin Boards and Displays (Many are printable)

Free School Days Clip Art from Philip Martin Bright, cheery clip art to brighten up your classroom and newsletters.

Welcome Back This banner is 3 and a half sheets and has two Philip Martin pictures on it

Welcome Back to School Large, colorful banner (5 pages)

Welcome Sign - Large Individual Letters W E L C O M E in black with red trim. Print and cut out each letter on cardstock and attach to the wall or large bulletin board. It could look something like this

Welcome to Kindergarten vertical Banner (around 27 in. tall) Just print and trim top edge of pages 2 and 3. Line up and glue pages together. Write teachers name on last sheet and place banner on or next to door (by Audrey Smith)

Welcome to 1st Grade vertical Banner

(around 27 in. tall) Just print and trim top edge of pages 2 and 3. Line up and glue pages together. Write teachers name on last sheet and place banner on or next to door (by Audrey Smith) 2nd Grade 3rd Grade 4th Grade 5th Grade

Print classroom rules on one 8.5x11 sheet or print on six sheets.

One sheet

Six sheets Directions for assembling posters is here

Leap Into ____ Grade All parts of this bulletin board can be downloaded. All you have to do is put up a background, print and cut out the parts, write names on lily pads and put everything on the board.

Download the 5 files below.

Frog Banner Heading Lily Pads

Grade Levels (1st - 4th) Water Lilies

Small Frogs to add to lily pads (12 per sheet) Frog Incentive Charts

Frog Name Tags Small Frog Labels (Avery 5160) (by Audrey Smith)

_ Grade All Stars Bulletin Board Three files allstars1 allstars2 (k-3rd grade) allstars3 allstars4 (4th & 5th grade)Just cut out the parts from allstars1, choose and cut the grade level (k, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,) Run as many pages of stars (allstars3) as you have students (two to a page) Put all on a dark blue or black background. Make smaller stars to use as nametags. Or use these Star Shipping Labels. Click on the thumbnail to see a larger picture (from A. Smith)

Spelling Stars Banner Use this banner with the stars above. Set spelling goals for the class or for individual children to reach in their weekly spelling test. Put on blue background

Flying Into A New Year (banner) or Soaring in a New Year (banner) Make a bulletin board or door decoration using the banner and balloons or airplanes as follows Large hot-air balloons 1 2 3 4 Small balloons for students names or Airplanes for students names (two to a page).

Small balloons in black and white for students to color Click on the thumbnail to see a larger picture of the bulletin board Hot Air Balloon Nametags These can be printed on shipping labels (from A. Smith)

Run the Race with Perseverence Bulletin Board- View finished board
Banner - "...and let us run with patience the race that is set before us." Hebrews 12:1b KJV Same banner NIV Running Shoes Running Nameplates Use on bulletin board or on desks Picture of a Group of Runners (Click thumbnail to see a large view of the board - design - A. Smith)

Welcome To Our School bulletin board Welcome To Our School Door Decoration or Bulletin Board - Banner (3 sheets) Fish1 Fish2 The fish can also be used as nametags. Cover door or bulletin board with blue paper. Print, trim, and assemble banner. Print fish on various colored sheets - as many as you need for your class or print on white and have children decorate them. Cut them out. Write students names on fish and attach to blue paper on the door or bulletin board. Add tan package wrapping paper on the bottom of board for sand, and then add other sea creatures You also might want to use these Fish Tank Reward Charts in keeping with the theme. Scroll about 2/3 of the way down the page (Board design from A. Smith)

Welcome To Our Hive Door Decoration or Bulletin Board Print out the large bees, nameplates and banner . Enlarge hive pattern (use an overhead projector) If using for a bulletin board, keep hive in one piece. If using for a door, cut as in example here. Words to add to door Bee Nametags These can be printed on shipping labels

Look Who Is Popping Into Our Class Door Decoration or Bulletin Board print out the banner, popcorn machine (one page) Write student's names on the popcorn. small popcorn (four to a page - tape two together if needed for names) and bowl of popcorn.

Sharp Students pencil Sharp Students in Room An easy to make back to school board. Here is a large pencil (new banner - 3 sheets) to use on a board like this. Instead of Room, I would put the grade level. You can use these. In Gr.1 - 5 black In Gr.1 - 4 blue or Gr.1-3 Gr.4-5 The idea is from teachnet.com

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Keys To A Great Year Bulletin Board The banner for this board is here. The keys are here - Keys 1 Keys 2 Keys 3 (There are 2 keys to a sheet - Listen, Work Hard, Respect Others, Follow Directions, and Do Your Best) Back to School Picture Put other pictures or photos of children listening, working, etc. Click on board for a larger picture

Go for the Gold Bulletin Board (from A. Smith) - Banner - Incentive Cards
You can also use gold medals and ribbons next to student names for a beginning of the year board

Large Gold Medal This is for a bulletin board

Small medals Gold Silver Bronze Ribbons for the medals

A Counting Caterpillar

Make a Counting Caterpillar Instructions and downloadable files to make a Counting Caterpillar. Count by 1's, 2's, 5's, and 10's. Use to teach even and odd numerals

A Great Line-Up Use this shirt - A large one page t-shirt pattern A small t-shirt pattern is at this location (two on each page)This board idea is from Alachua County Public Schools website.Welcome to Our Hang-Out Use this t-shirt pattern. You can also string a line across the room, have the children decorate the t-shirts to tell something about themselves. Attach the shirts to the line with clothespins

Let's Get Acquainted (Crossword Puzzle Board) You could have a clue for each name. You might use a crossword puzzle maker to make a small puzzle first with your student's names. You can find one here. Choose Criss-cross puzzle. Twenty two inch squares are here! Print on card stock. Lay out large squares in the shape of your puzzle. Tape them together and attach to the board. Have a clue sheet with across clues and down clues. Tell something about each person in the clues.This is a great board idea for grades 4 - 8 and is from Alachua County Public Schools website

Healthy Habits for a New School Year (banner) Labels (eat right, exercise, get enough rest, and just say no) Photos to go with labels. This would be a good beginning of year board for the school nurse or for the P.E. or classroom teacher teaching a health unit

Grow in Grace Board - Banner(3 Peter 3:18a) You will also need the labels and pictures that go with the banner - grow 2 grow3 grow4

puzzle template We All Fit Together - Each child decorates a piece of the puzzle. Blow up this puzzle(30 pieces) with an overhead projector and outline the pieces on posterboard. Cut out the pieces and have students decorate and sign them. Put the puzzle together for open house. 16 piece template 24 piece template 35 piece template Hint: Number the pieces for easy completion. You can use a larger number of pieces than students. Use the empty pieces as filler. Here is a door with the same idea

We All Fit Together Banner Use with the above bulletin board

Clock Minute Display Teach children to tell time by the hour and minute using this apple display. Just print out and cut the apples. Attach them to the wall around your classroom clock.

Back to School Header for a bulletin board or door. (one page)

Kindergarten - Our Garden of Children (banner - 3 sheets) Use this banner to make a kindergarten bulletin board. Print off these yellow flowers (3 to a page). Take a digital picture of each child and place in the center of each flower. (Pink flowers here)

What a "Grape" Bunch of Kids Templates are included on this DLTK page as well as a printout of John 15:5

School is a Bushel of Fun from dltk-teach.com

Ode to Fifth Grade This is a clever and nice looking board with the students' names on the beginning notes of "Ode to Joy"

A Special Bunch from theteacherscorner.net

Flip Over School

Bulletin Board, Halls, Walls, and Door Decorating Ideas from Garden of Praise (with photos)

Bulletin Board Ideas for Back to School

Bulletin Board Ideas These bulletin board ideas are on the Teaching Heart site

Back to School Bulleten Board Ideas These are from The Teacher's Corner

Preschool Back to School Bulletin Boards

Music Back to School Bulletin Boards (with photos)

I am Special Each child tells something about themselves and decorates a shape. This could be a board for Open House. A shape pattern is here

Who Am I Lesson This is from Scholastic and could be used with the bulletin board above or with a bulletin board entitled "Who Am I"

Classroom Decor Ideas

*Also check the Bulletin Board page

ACSI Materials

Bible
Character Foundation Series
Spelling
Math
Science
Health

Preschool and Kindergarten

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Nametags, Center Signs, Sticker Charts, Calendars, Calendar Numbers, and other Teacher Timesavers

Back to School Nametags or Tent Cards these are from preschoolprintables.com

Welcome to ________ Sign A sign for your door. You write the grade level

A Welcome to Kindergarten Sign 1st Grade 2nd Grade 3rd Grade 4th Grade 5th Grade (2 pages)

Go for the Gold Incentive Chart

"Go fo the Gold" Olympic theme incentive chart. Use with Go for the Gold Banner or Hebrews 12:1b banner (NIV)

or Hebrews 12:1b (KJV)

All Purpose Sticker Charts These incentive charts can be used for a variety of purposes. Print these on cardstock and use stars or other small chart stickers(pdf) Two charts to a page

More All Purpose Sticker Charts

Back to School Sticker Charts (two to a page)

More Back to School Sticker Charts (two to a page)

Back to School Sticker Charts These printable sticker charts are colorful and can be used for a variety of motivational activities. They are from Preschool Printables

Smiles for Good Behavior Sticker Charts Keep track of good behavior with these charts. Add a smile sticker for each day or week with good behavior. These are from Audrey Smith. Use with Good Behavior Award Certificate#1 or with

Good Behavior Award Certificate #2

Stickers and Sticker Charts A large collection of free, printable stickers and sticker charts

Sticker Charts Choose from blank or with a picture. These are from Activity Village

Full Page Sticker Charts Use these charts from DLTK for various purposes. Choose from an Ocean or Outer Space Theme. There are 14 spaces for stickers

Printable Chore Charts Choose the editable charts to use for classroom jobs, behavior charts, or sticker charts for other purposes. These are from Alenka's Printables

Printable Lesson Plan Form This is from abcteach.com

DLTK Back to School Printables DLTk has a large number of back to school printables, such as coloring pages, doorknob hangers, treat bags, and worksheets.

Black and White Calendar(month) from Carson Dellosa.

Printable Calendars There are a variety of calendars that you can print at this site.

Calendar Numbers These beautiful calendar numbers are from play2learnprintables.com. Click on apples to see what the numbers are like

Apple Calendar Numbers These are very nice and are from thevirtualvine.com

Gradebook Based on Averages A Microsoft template. It requires Excel 97 or later

Gradebook Based on Percentages A Microsoft template. It requires Excel 97 or later

Gradebook Based on Points A Microsoft template. It requires Excel 97 or later

Check the Teacher Timesaver Page for more Center Signs, Templates, Forms Printables, and other Timesavers. Also check the Classroom Management page

Printable Miscellaneous Room Decoration

Helping Hands Job Chart (with jobs)(22 X 17 - 4 sheets) and Name Plates for the chart. Chart without jobs (write in your own jobs) If you have more than 6 jobs, just print sheets 3 and 4 again Assembling Directions

Days of the Week Poster 8.5 X 11 inches

Free Printables from Scholastic A variety of printables here, including activities, clip art and more

Kick Off the New Year in Music Scroll down to board. There are printable files here for the board.

Up, Up, and Away Giraffe Growth Chart This wall or bulletin board chart could be used for a variety of purposes such as "Growing Tall With Books."