Well, I haven’t been behind a computer screen much at all this week because I have been putting my room back together and decorating my door.  I don’t have many bulletin boards to cutesy up, so I take out my cutesyness  on my door.  I thought I would share this idea with you all.  I came up with this idea last year when there was discussion about integrating science and social studies into math and literacy.  I had read the book America by the Numbers: One Nation which made me want to decorate my door with a flag and ask questions about the number of stars, stripes, etc to infuse math. 

The only problem I faced was finding an appropriately sized flag.  To buy a  large one was too much money and too large for my door.  The only other ones I had seen while shopping were too small.  Just my luck last week I was talking to a colleague who didn’t want a large flag covering up her only window.  So, we traded flags because I had an extra one that was smaller from somewhere rolled up in a closet.  Now, what to use for a background?  I was originally going to use some cloud bulletin board paper at available at teacher stores when I stumbled across this adorable sparkly fireworks fabric at Jo-Anne’s.  A little plug for Jo-Anne’s–they offer teacher discounts!  Then I made some white stars for the door with math questions in them to stimulate student thinking.  If you want to use this idea, I made the stars available for free here:  StarsForFlagBulletinBoard.