Bulletin Boards to Motivate & Inspire

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Every good teacher knows that the walls are prime real estate -- the place where you reinforce rules and routines, encourage students to do their best, and celebrate everyone's achievements.

Use the ideas below to create powerful displays for your classroom.

Example of an author study bulletin board.

Celebrate Authors and Books (Grades K-6)
Promote your students' favorite authors and books with a literature-inspired bulletin board.

Poetry Doors & Other Winning Ideas (PreK-8)
These suggested and tested ideas were the winning entries in our monthly Winning Ideas Monthly Contest!

Wall of Fame (PreK-8)
Third-grade teacher Genia Connell explains how she uses her bulletin board idea to build community in the classroom.

Word Walls that Work (Grades K-2)
Use these 6 tips to create an interactive, ongoing display of words and/or parts of words. Then use your display to teach spelling, reading, and writing strategies, letter-sound correspondence, and more.

Tips on Decorating for a Word Study (Grades 6-Up)
Elizabeth Ramos, a high school language arts teacher, offers a quick bulletin board idea for teaching new vocabulary.

Interactive Bulletin Boards (Grades K-6)
You and your students create and add to this bulletin board as you progress through your class book. Charlotte's Web is used as an example, but this bulletin board idea can be used with any book.

Unfold a Story (Grades K-6)
Try this anytime-of-the-year interactive bulletin board that supports collaborative writing.

Reading for Gumshoes
Teacher Audrey Kennan shares how she uses mysteries to teach crucial reading skills. â??Tis the season for a spooky story!

Strategies for Reading Success: Rah-rah Reading!
Booktalks: what they are and how to give them.

My Favorite Poems and How I Use Them
Lists the poems a teacher prefers to use in her class and describes how and what she uses them to teac, including rhythm, creativity, humor, and movement.

LESSON PLAN	Hermeneutics: Teaching Students Author's Purpose Students learn how to examine sources. Gives the teacher an opportunity to guide the students through such examination with light literature.
UNIT PLAN	Connotation: Effective Word Choice Promotes effective word choice, with a fun and exciting introduction of connotation through an examination of sports team names.