Tips for a Fantastic Classroom Space

Tips for a Fantastic Classroom

1. Activities to set the tone- Treasure Hunt with Riddles; Classroom map activity; Defixio (this is my advertising lesson to the 5th graders).

2. Inspiration for decorating

Harry Potter 

Steampunk

Renaissance and Medieval art

The 19th Century Classroom

My Room:

Note: the cluttered wall is the wall of student fan art and fan fiction based on our textbook characters.  

Additionally I have made some posters, formatted for 11x17 paper that have the look I am going for.  There are some for common vocabulary here. Others with more weird vocabulary and mostly for looks are below. They are all compiled from images in the public domain so feel free to borrow.:

Website:  I intentionally modeled my class website to look something like a fan site.