Focus boards classroom

What exactly is a focus wall? It’s an intentional area of the classroom that displays learning targets, as well as the curriculum for the week.

What exactly is a focus wall? It’s an intentional area of the classroom that displays learning targets, as well as the curriculum for the week.

School is definitely back in session my friends! I have been back for 3 weeks, but it feels like much longer - and I mean that in a totally, ridiculously positive way. My kiddos are well trained and we already have a daily groove. I cannot wait to share what we have been up to with you because these little learners ROCK! For now, I am super thrilled to share my bright, bold, and super organized new classroom! I am completely loving it too. It took countless hours and lots of hard work, but I…

Learn why having a classroom focus wall is the perfect student reference display. Teachers can design a math, writing, or Ela focus wall bulletin board for free. Add learning objectives, I Can statements, weekly headers, vocabulary words, sight words, and anchor charts to display weekly or monthly Common Core content. Perfect for any kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade classroom.

After having a long holiday, some students may be a little bit lazy to go back to school. They prefer to enjoy themselves at home and play with their friends. Turning back their mood toward studying and learning at school, needs more effort since they usually enjoy their free time. One thing that we can do as a teacher is design the classroom by applying a new concept or decoration. So that it can steal the students’ attention and surely boost their mood contact teachers looking for NYC…

I did display vocabulary and spelling word cards to pull when doing small groups to make it interactive.

Do you use a focus wall in your classroom? We’ve been using one for the past ten years and loved having it to refer to, but it was difficult to keep up with it because I had to staple and take it down each week. I finally found a solution for this problem this past ... Read More about Easy to Maintain Focus Wall

I likes to change things up every year or every few years, so here are some of my ideas for engaging classroom focus walls. (plus downloads!)