Are you thinking about a camping classroom theme? This is one of my favorite ways to decorate my classroom and the students always love it! The pictures are of my second grade classroom. Check out these camping theme ideas for the classroom.
Camping Theme Ideas for the Classroom
I kept my door simple this year! The kiddos’ names are on the stars.
Super easy DIY calendar! Buy poster board from Dollar Tree, add the month, days, laminated numbers, and sticky clips.
I’ll be adding a bug for each student when I get a list of their birthdays.
Thank you to Teaching In High Heels for the free “Amazing Work Coming Soon” printables! Get your free copy from her store HERE.
On the back of the book shelf, I added a resource bulletin board for my library! It includes the expectations for Read By Myself and Read With A Buddy, questions to ask while reading, and a 5 Finger Book Test poster. Get the FREE library posters HERE!
Here is how I organize my anchor charts into subject and them place them all on a pair of binder rings.
Above the anchor charts are where I display my daily targets. They are just 8×10 picture frames from the Dollar Tree. Add a white piece of paper inside the frame and it becomes a dry erase board!
Instead of having student jobs, I have two students as my Camp Champs each week. This is such a fun addition for a camping theme idea for the classroom. These two students take care of all my classroom jobs, so I don’t have to worry about changing job roles. It’s just a plastic plate from the Dollar Tree that I hung right by our door.
Here are my math centers. They include Math by Myself, Math with a Buddy, and GO Math Games. If you use GO Math, check out my GO Math Center Games for each chapter HERE.
To organize my math centers, I use a cooking sheet from the Dollar Tree and add magnets!
Camping Themed Classroom Ideas
How fun is this for a camping theme idea for the classroom? You can’t tell from the picture, but this s’more is HUGE!
My desk! The hanging folder organizer is where I put the students’ weekly work for them to take home. I added it to the back of my ugly file cabinet so it saves space! It was ordered it from HERE.
I love using my Campground Coins for behavior management! It’s another great camping theme idea for the classroom. They can earn or lose coins, and we shop at the end of the week in my coupon store.
Each time a student earns or loses a coin, they track it on this laminated sheet. If they earn a coin they put a + by their name. If they lose one, they put a -. At the end of the day, the students record how many coins they earned/lost that day. We erase it and start over the next day! Very easy management.
Here is our word wall and alphabet. Pick up my D’Nealian Alphabet HERE!
We have a writing word wall (pictured above). I laminated construction paper with commonly used words at the top (small, big, said, nice, happy, sad, etc). Throughout the year, we come up with strong words to write underneath the overused words. It really transferred to their writing last year!
This is a shower caddy you can find at Wal-Mart.
Camping Open House Idea
These were for each kiddo at open house. Golden Grahams, mini marshmallows, and chocolate chips make for yummy fake s’mores! Don’t forget snacks when planning your camping theme ideas for the classroom. Pick up these tags from my Beginning of the Year Camping Packet.
Do your students fight about reading spots in your classroom? The reading spot board allows them to find their spot during independent reading time with no fuss.
How fun are these Noggle and Boggle boards? Check out my blogpost to learn more about the games and snatch a FREEBIE! Click HERE to read more.
I’m excited about my small group goals board! This is just a laminated poster board and assigned each student two squares, one for reading and one for math. During small group time, we will use dry erase markers to jot down short term goals for each student.
Dollar General had these belt and scarf hangers. They are perfect storage for all of my reading fluency rings. Grab the rings HERE!
