Dollar Tree Finds Used in the Classroom

Hi Everyone, I'm so excited to show you some "Dollar Tree Finds" used in the classroom. I found this great plastic table cloth that I created a theme around. I call it, "Music Under the Sea." There are lots of wonderful songs about the sea in our music books. Actually, "Under the Sea," from the Little Mermaid is in the 5th grade textbook. I copied a few pages from our textbooks, for educational purposes, to place on the bulletin board. I used these songs for examples of what the students will find, when they come to music class. There are a couple of sea shanties, environmental songs, and songs about seal life. I hoped this would cause excitement...like a movie theater poster does in advertising for a new movie! And it did! Students are excited about music and are learning more about sea shanties, etc. The best part is the table cloth with the bulletin board boarder only cost 2 dollars!
I even had some left over, so I used it in another area of the classroom.

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