Classroom Theme and Community

I always love kicking off my school year with a theme that I can unite all my students.

Here are a few of my themes I have used in the past.

Each year my school chooses a semester theme that each grade level explores and investigates.  Last Fall is was COMMUNICATION.  I chose to start the year talking about how bees communicate and used this theme throughout the semester.  I kept the bee hive up all year and had a "cell"/hexagon for each student in my class with their name and hand print.  The bees were made in groups of 2-3 students.  They picked their own materials and created their own bees.

The previous year the Fall semester theme was WATER.  I started the year reading Rainbow Fish and talked about how we are all unique and special!  I kept up the large Rainbow Fish up all year with student names on each scale.

This year coming year our theme will be MUSIC.  I am thinking I will have to start the year with Pete the Cat and his groovy new shoes....stay tuned!

Alphabet Toss

A fun way to review the letters of the alphabet...toss letter bean bags into a bin once you have named the letter Or letter sound.   We counted bean bags that landed inside and outside the container.  Our goal was to keep going until all the bean bags landed inside.

Alphabet Toss and Determination

Arrow of Light Celebration Tips

Last night was our Arrow of Light Ceremony.  It was filled with many special memories, laughter and tears.  We are so proud of our boys!

1.  Arrows:  We ordered the arrows online and I highly recommend it!  The moms got together one night and we put them together.  It was a fun night talking about our boys and planning the ceremony.  We watched the instructional video provided and were done, no problems.  I know other dens have their boys put them together.  Super easy.   https://www.awardarrowkits.com

Arrown of Light

2.  Photo Cubes:. Each boy had to sand and paint a 3"x 3" wooded cube blue and yellow at a den meeting.  I then printed out 5 photos of each boy and Mod Podged them on each face of the cube. The bottom was an image of the Cub Scout ranks I found online. The boys presented them to their parents during the ceremony.

Memory Cube

3.  Cake Pops and Rice Krispies:  Our amazing moms volunteered to make the desserts and they were perfect - simple and delicious.  No need for plates and forks...just some napkins.

Blue and Gold Cake Pops

4.  Photo Slide Show:  We made a photo slide show of the boys and their cub scout journey to show during the ceremony.  It was a special tribute to our boys!

CONGRATULATIONS Den 5 boys from Pack 774!