Beware of the whomping willow!
I teach writing in small group rotations, and I identify their groups with Harry Potter characters.
My collection of potions and wizard sweets has grown as learners have gifted them over the years.
Hedwig is still perched in the owlry.
Our game cupboards have been known to house boggarts.
I use this bulletin board for our language anchor charts.
"Alohamora Language!"
I no longer have this bulletin board, but I used it to display learner's awesome work.
Here is an example of the low lighting I mentioned earlier. We use lamps and hanging lights every day, and as one learner once told me, "This room feels like I'm sitting next to the fire in the Gryffindor common room." Best compliment ever.
My little sister cut these out for me using her Cricut, and I (painstakingly) placed them at the front of my room. It is one of my favorite elements.
It was time to redo my window! This process is such a pain, but the result is totally worth it. I just traced Hogwarts windows onto black roll paper using my classroom projector. Some day soon, I want to do it again and send the pieces of paper through the school laminator so it is more permanent. Paper doesn't hold up well on windows due to moisture and sunshine.
There are more updates that I don't have pictures of yet, but I wanted to show some of the cool changes that have been made! Thanks for checking in!
Can you tell me more about how you did the windows?
ReplyDeleteAny tips for the tree?
For the windows, I searched Hogwarts windows in Google images and found the shape I liked. Then, I measured my top windows so I knew it would fit. I taped up black paper from the huge roll at school, and then I used my projector to trace the shape. Then, I made rectangles to continue the pattern down the second and third sections of my windows.
ReplyDeleteFor the tree, I started with several super long pieces of brown paper off of the roll. I started by crumpling them and rolling them up the long way so they looked like tree branches. Then, after I had several, long branches, I twisted and braided them together to make the trunk. I taped that to the wall first. Finally, I made more skinny branch shapes, stapled the ends to the top of the thick trunk, and used fishing line to attach the skinny branches to the ceiling and wall. For the ceiling, I tied the fishing line to paper clips and (this is hard to describe) I hook the paper clips into the ceiling tiles by laying it flat on the metal brackets and then closing the tile. the paper clip stays underneath when the ceiling tile is set on top of it.