Well, it's back to school for us, and we are off and running. This year we mixed things up and had a brand-new back to school theme that is going to tie into our new social studies unit we planned this summer. We created a unit on North American explorers, that we are super excited to teach, so we invited our students to come and explore the world of third grade with us.
A few days before school started the students received their Welcome Back letter which was printed on scroll paper.
We found the cutest explorer clip art on TeachersPayTeachers that we used to decorate the door of our classroom. On a map of the world clip art, we printed the students names. The door is more adorable than we thought it would be.
When the students came into the classroom on Meet The Teacher day, they found on their desk a plastic safari hat from Oriental Trade along with a squishy globe ball. Our message to them was, "Put on your hats and let's have fun exploring third grade." The kids were extremely excited and it was a great way to kick off the year. Little did we know that our theme closely matched our Madison School theme, which is Madison School...Our Passport To The World. That was icing on the cake!
We can't wait to share the lessons and ideas from our new explorer unit. It's short, but sweet!
Have a great weekend.
Kim and Anne
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