January Bulletin Board Ideas

January Bulletin Boards

The January Bulletin Board Ideas page will provide you with great resources for a number of monthly events, holidays and themes. Our bulletin boards will help you integrate seasonal activities into your daily curriculum. Ideas within the January bulletin board pages include resources for the following: snow, New Year's Resolutions, snowflakes, winter, and Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday.

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"I have a dream..." Grades Any
Access the American Rhetoric web site and allow students to listen to Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr.'s famous speech. Here is the text for the speech. Depending on the age of your students, you may also need to do some additional learning. After students have listened to the speech and done any other work you have asked, they write about their own dream. This writing can be as simple or detailed as you wish. You may want students to do their initial writing on a piece of draft paper. When students have completed their writing, give them a copy of one of the clouds below. They will then copy their dream onto it, cut it out, and add it to the bulletin board. You can add your own white clouds and images or photos of Martin Luther King, Jr. to the display. EXTENSION: You may want to have students create an illustration to accompany their dream cloud. Download PDF's Below.

Blank Cloud	Lined Cloud	Unlined Cloud

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"Our Dreams for the World..." Grades Intermediate and Above
Using various resources such as library books, textbooks, and/or the Internet, students learn about the life and accomplishments of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Students then write their personal dreams for the world. They may use notebook paper or a word processor to create their work. When completed, they cut their writing page into the shape of a cloud, mount it onto a piece of colored tagboard or construction paper, cut that paper into a cloud shape as well, and display. You can add your own white clouds to the display. EXTENSION: You may want to use this idea in conjunction with any current events. You may even want to include the news article with the display.
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Ringing in the New Year! Grades Any
Reproduce the bell shape below onto construction paper or tag board. Give each student a bell and ask them to write one to three New Year Resolutions. Students cut out the bells and mount them on the bulletin board entitled "Ringing in the New Year!" To make the bulletin board more attractive you can also attach New Year's party hats, noise makers, and streamers. EXTENSION: When you are ready to take down the display, you may want to have students copy their resolutions onto note cards that they could keep for the remainder of the year. These could be great personal goals.
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Snowflakes Grades K-3
I teach my students how to make snowflakes. Then they do them in all shapes and sizes. My caption is, "Every One Different, Every One Special."
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Also visit our Winter-Themed Bulletin Board page for additional resources.

Also see our January Lesson Plans, Thematic Units and Activities.