Our little Cowpokes are constantly in and out of our classroom doing different activities.
It's so important for staff members, other teachers and/or families to locate us when we're out and about.
I created this adorable "Where Are The Cowpokes?" pack with a ROOTIN TOOTIN western theme to make it easy to let others know where we are.
You can simply hang it on your door or wall and change the designated circles to let people know where you are located. Easy Peezy Lemon Squeezy.
This pack includes:
1. Two posters to choose from
2. 28 circles with different places too choose from (i.e., P.E, library, lunch, field trip, chapel, assembly, music, garden, art, playground, etc).
A great way to help your sweeties during the writing process is to help remind them to use their WRITER'S EYE! I created my own BEE-U-TIFUL Western Themed Posters on TPT for my class. (Note: I will be creating other themes soon too!).
There are nine posters in this pack. Each colorful poster has an example sentence and picture to help your students. The nine posters include: *I see CAPITAL LETTERS *I see PUNCTUATION *I see FINGER SPACES *I see NEAT WRITING *I see LOWERCASE LETTERS *I see DETAILS *I see sentences IN ORDER *I see correct spelling from the WORD WALL*I see a BEGINNING, MIDDLE, and END A Writer's Eye Checklist is included in this pack too!! Your students can keep the checklist in their writing folders to help them during the writing process.
While giving directions, instructions, steps or how to directions, I use these picture and visual direction cards to help kiddos visually see what to do and follow easy to see steps!
The pictures on the posters have a western theme with colorful gingham backgrounds that your kiddos will love! The posters will look adorable in a western themed classroom or be perfect for a western unit!!
Colors include: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, pink, turquoise, lime green and light orange.
Includes Cards for: Directions, Instructions, Steps, How To
Includes Number Cards for 1-12
62 Picture Cards Include: write, cut, glue (bottle and glue stick), paste, paint, color (crayons and markers), draw, copy, trace, name, highlight, underline, letter (your paper), number (your paper), read, listen, clipboard, whiteboard, sharpen, staple, file (in folder), file (in binder), hole punch, paper clip, erase, tape, measure, graph, count (numbers and money), add, subtract, multiply, divide, build, tally, thumbs up, cover up, work alone, partner work, unstack chairs, stack chairs, fold (both styles), wash hands, clean up, centers, unfinished work, pick up trash, tidy desks, put in mailbox, turn in, line up, sit at rug, lunch, snack, stop, recess, pack up, bus
I fell in love with the book BUCKET FILLERS when I first read it! I loved the concept of having it integrated into the classroom as a classroom management tool and as a way to focus on positive behavior and treating yourself and others with respect and compassion.
My kiddos love it too! They LOVE filling buckets and getting their buckets filled too!
I created this Western Theme Bucket Filler Pack as a way to further integrate this great concept into my classroom!
Here are some ROOTIN-TOOTIN ideas I use in my class.
I have a huge covered wagon in my room.
The kids use this during the Daily 5: Read to Self
The 2 questions I get the most from people is, "Where did you get it?" and "How did you get it in the classroom?"
The answer: I found it at a garage sale for $300. Can you believe it!!!
I've had it for like 9 years and this is what inspired me to have a western themed classroom!
It comes apart (just ask my husband who has taken it apart and put it back together at least 20 times!!!)
The basket next to the wagon is full of pillows and stuffed animals for
The Daily 5: Read to Self and Listen to Someone Reading
This adorable fire pit was given to me by a teacher (her student made it for a project and it's been with me for years now). It's made with a cement base, sand, rocks, sticks and very thick card-stock like paper. We use it for our morning CLASS CAMPFIRE MEETING!
Jessy and Woody fit right in!
I use Jessy, Woody and Bullseye to model correct and incorrect behaviors.
The perfect cowgirl and cowboy for our Western Classroom!
I got them at the Disney Store.
This is my READING ROUND-UP Book nook area.
I painted the table red and bought the stools, lamp and tubs at Ikea.
The shelves are from Target. The rug is from a garage sale.
Lasso in a book and read! I like to add small hay barrels around the class for extra decoration. I made NEW labels for my book containers! They are in Pack 1.
As soon as you enter my room, this is the little reading area you will see.
The chair, lamp, and shelf are from Ikea. The rug and boot pillow are from Target.
The burlap bins and frames are from Michaels.
I saw an example of this on Pinterest and decided to design my own.
The di-cuts and labels are in my Western Theme Decor Part 2 Pack.
Rules adapted from Whole Brain Teaching!
These rules all have cute hand gestures to make learning the rules easier.
We recite them every morning.
These posters are in my Western Theme Decor Pack Part 2 to purchase.
Another cute book nook shelf from Target.
I store Magna Doodles, reading phones and reading tools inside.
Tassie the Tattle Cow is sitting on top.
I made these reading phones from PVC pipe and spray painted them red.
Fun tools for reading: silly glasses, magnifying glasses and witch fingers.
I LOVE my homemade horse! This was definitely inspired from Pinterest.
The Howdy Helper of the Week gets to sit here during our Campfire Meetings and it is also a book nook for The Daily 5: Read to Self
This is another horse I have used.
My Western Bucket Fillers! I got the cans in the dollar bin at Target. I wrapped them with burlap and then with bandana ribbon. I hot glued mini clothespins on it and attached name badges on them. Soon I will adding their cowpoke photos.
This is my Bucket Filler Anchor Chart.
The big bucket is a class bucket filler.
The mini bucket is where we keep our poms-poms to "fill" our buckets.
This is my Calendar Corral! I use the Promethean Board for almost everything so I do not need to put too much on my calendar wall.
See the examples above for all the cute CALENDAR CORRAL IDEAS I created in my
WESTERN THEME DECOR PACK PART 2.
I put the BIRTHDAY BUCKAROO poster on the Calendar Corral too!
This is LUCKY the HORSE.
Students take him home and write in a class journal and share their experiences.
bandana fabric, denim, burlap, flannel, rope, metal tins and buckets, raffia, cactus and boot lights (I ordered mine through Oriental Trading), cowboy hats, sheriff badges,
