Where Are We board for my sanity

While I was in my last internship, I taught in a co-teach environment. We had 30 students and with that many students it was sometimes hard to keep track of who was in the restroom, library, front office and so on. We also had a lot of fire drills. As a newbie teacher I was nervous that I would forget a student in the middle of that madness (never happened). I mentally "pinned" the idea to make a board to keep track of who was where at any given time of the day. Nowadays it is unfortunately really necessary to be prepared in an instant to leave the class or secure the class with everyone safely accounted for.

So, yet again I surfed Pinterest for ideas and found this little gem...

                                  First Grade Fabulosity

 

While you are checking out this cute project, you should stop and stay a while at her blog. It's adorable. I got a lot of ideas from her.

 

I had been given a couple of cookie sheets from teacher friends so all I had to find was the perfect paper and marbles.

I found paper at Michael's and also at Hobby Lobby. The Marbles I found at Michael's but found them later much cheaper at the Dollar Store.

 

1. Modge Podge your paper onto the cookie sheet. I had to measure and cut two pieces to fit.

 2. Cut out contrasting paper circles or scallops (I used my scalloped hole punch for this) and Modge Podge over the entire thing.

 

3. The next step is finding a one inch circle template you like, adding numbers and labels. I used Nurses Office, Restroom, Front Office, Class Errand, and Other. Print, use one inch whole punch and cut them out. Then Modge Podge the paper to the flat side of your marble.

4. Once you have MP'd the daylights outta those marbles (that's Modge Podged for short), you are going to need to attach a strong magnet. I first used the roll of magnet with the sticky back but it wasn't a strong enough magnet to hold the weight of the marble. You want the little round magnets that have a strong hold. I used E600 glue to attach them, just be careful to place them a distance away from each other as they dry or they will try to attach to each other.

5. The final step is drilling holes for the ribbon if you plan on hanging your board. My sweet husband is going to do it for me when he gets a chance.

Here is my (almost) finished Where Are We board.

 

Once I get my projects in their place in my classroom I will post more pictures so stay tuned!