Creative posters to use in creative classes! - Part 1

This morning, I was checking out some recommended pins in an email I'd received from pinterest

and came across a couple of things that gave me ideas for new collections to start and also inspiration for this post!

What about putting on some stimulating music (I'll leave you to choose suitable music for yourself and your students!)

Tell students to think about things they love doing........ something they haven't done for a while - because they haven't had time, someone they haven't seen for some time and they enjoy being with and doing things with.  They could share their thoughts with a partner or in a small group.

Then, show students these 'thoughts': 

You could focus on the structure and how it is repeated throughout:

I still find each day too short for 

                           all the  +  plural noun  +  I want to  +  infinitive

The plural noun needs to collocate with the verb - you take walks, read books, see friends.

Then, you could give them the skeleton for their thoughts and they write them down, using the same structure.

Here are my 'thoughts':

I'd better get on otherwise I won't have time to phone, chat, try out or develop!

Happy Monday!!  

A post about posters!

Like so many of my past posts, today's post was inspired by an email I received from one of the sites I'm subscribed to.

When we were updating the suggested links on the blog I take part in with a group of local teachers,  (See the post I wrote about this blog back in March) one of the other teachers suggested adding a link to the Busy Teacher Website.

I had not visited this site before, so I checked it out.  I was VERY impressed by what I found and immediately signed up to receive their weekly newsletter.

The site is extremely easy to navigate.

As you can see here, there are worksheets, articles, seasonal activities and resources, and More.

Here's what you can find under More:

As you can see, there are lots of things here.
Under Classroom posters, you can find a wide variety of posters, for example:

Other posters are to display in the classroom for students (classroom language, for example) or to illustrate word sets.

There are many other posters - lots of them fun, others thought-provoking like the one I included in an earlier post about being busy and the many roles that a teacher undertakes.

Check out busyteacher for yourself - I'm sure you'll find lots of things there that you can use in your classes.