There is a lot to talk about. Let's start with Brooke's classroom because I think that is the first thing that happened after the fourth. She decided to decorate the room with a pirate theme. You can decide which is the coolest decoration. If I do say so myself, Mom Topham, Brooke and I spent the most time on the net over the reading area. Several glue gun burns and sore arms later, here it is :)
Reading Area (The Deserted Island, where kids can go lose themselves in a book) A lifesaver doughnut thing is hung in the "porthole" in the coat closet door.
The Pirate Ship and Treasure Chest (Before the chest was decorated:-)
Here there be the treasure! We have yet to hide it in yonder classroom.
The front view. There are posters of Jack Sparrow and the bad guy from Stranger Tides and the little flags spell out: "High Adventure." It was part of a Pirates birthday set! Yay for $1 cool stuff at Party City!
Yes, there are bongo drums on the teacher's desk. The net will eventually have pictures that tell about Mrs. Gillis so that the kids can learn about her. I am not sure what the bongos will be used for.....maybe tribal dancing!
"It's the boat steering thingy."
"This is called the Helm."
"How does it feel captain Hawkins?"
~ Muppet Treasure Island
"Beware of Pirates!" That is on the sign in the glass next to the door. and yes there is a wanted poster over the filing cabinet (to put student of the week/month pictures up) and a lighthouse, and a pirate map on the right had side. The makeshift bulletin board has a sailing boarder with a Greek feel and sea monsters on it. (Ancient Greece is part of 6th grade Social Studies! Woo hoo!)The playground doors are just to the left of the class entrance.... Will that be a good or a bad thing.....? Only time will tell...
The coat closet Brooke's class will share with the class next door is the end of our tour. The side we see now is her side. We've still got some preparations yet to do, but with this work we did those 3 days we could in July, we are much closer to being ready for school to start on August 21st.
