Star of the Week

During the second half of the year, all of my students have had the opportunity to be the "Star of the Week." When a student is "Star of the Week," he/she gets to decorate an "All About Me" poster that I purchased from Scholastic and the student shares the poster with his/her classmates. I display the poster on the classroom door for a week, and the student gets to be the line leader all week long (of course...this is what the students are most excited about!). After all the students had the chance to be the "Star of the Week," I decided to start round 2! Instead of purchasing something for the students to work on, I decided to create my own and it turned out so cute! During Daily 5 or free choice time, I pull a student to work on writing his/her favorite things. I encourage the students to use the words around our classroom to help with spelling. Then, I take a picture of the student from the legs down and another picture from the shoulders and up. I cut it out, mount it on construction paper, and attach all the pieces and TA-DA! It's adorable and the students LOVE IT! Plus, everyone who walks by our classroom gets to learn about one of my little friends! 

Here is a picture showing one of the finished posters.