This year I was trying to think of some new way of decorating the door to my classroom. I came up with the idea of having the front of the door having the word 'Hola' written on a hand and the back of the door saying '
Adiós' on a different hand. Students see the word 'Hola' as they walk in the classroom and the word '
Adiós' as they leave.
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| Entrance |
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| Exit |
I like to leave space at the top that is not high enough for any student to look over, but for teachers to be able to look in if needed.
I also decided to decorate the door with hands made by my students. Starting with an idea I found in the
Sonrisas Spanish 1 Curriculum, I had students in grades 2-3 make hands on popsicle sticks that showed the many ways of saying 'hello' in Spanish.
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| First students trace their hands. Then students write the many ways of saying hello in Spanish. Finally, they cut out the hands and add sticks. |
Students in grades Pre K - 1 have more difficulty with the scissors so they created mittens that had 'Hola' and '
Adiós' already written on them.
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| 'Hola' and 'Adiós' mittens |
To create the mittens, I decided which grades would be able to cut that straight line (1st) and which grades could not (Pre K and K.) For those grades that could not I cut the hand out. All grades then colored their hands completely. I then stapled the sides to create mittens. Here is the template I used when creating the 'Hola' and '
Adiós' mittens:
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This is a great way to decorate your classroom door to include students work into a permanent display.
