Tree

Have you noticed how many classrooms have trees?

Apples...trees...I guess they go together with school. 

This picture is from Learning is an Adventure 

from Debra White's classroom.

 http://www.whiteclassroom.com/

Check out my post from

August1, 2011.

There are more pictures of her classroom.

Debra's tree is painted on the wall.  

If you don't want anything that permanent 

you might want to take a look at 

CTP's Apple Tree bulletin board.

CTP 4042

www.creativeteaching.com

I used the tree in a science class all year long.

We start in August when it is really sizzling here.

I bought two copies of a great book...

The Reasons for Seasons 

by Gail Gibbons. 

I love her non-fiction books. 

I cut the books apart so that I could show both sides of the pages.

I posted on the bulletin board, the pages about summer.

I really should have bought another book and put it in the 

science center so that the kids could read the entire book in order.

In September I added the basket

 from the bulletin board set.

HARVEST  TIME

I put the apples on the tree and 

in the basket.

In autumn I changed the border to leaves 

and changed the green leaves to colored leaves of fall.

FANTASTIC FALL

I added the pages for autumn from The Reasons for Seasons.


In winter I removed all the leaves and
put snowflakes in the air and on the ground.
WONDERFUL WINTER

I added the winter pages of the book to the bottom of the tree.

In spring, I went back to the beginning with the green leaves.

I added a spring border and a few flowers 

around the pages from the book. 

SENSATIONAL SPRING

There you have one very versatile bulletin board.

Do the work once and you have the basics for the entire year.

Be sure to use fade less background paper 

so the bulletin board will look fresh all year!