I've written a lot about the benefits I've seen come from hanging student work and math word walls. But I didn't always have my classroom bulletin boards covered. It wasn't until a few years after my first year teaching that I started decorating my classroom.
This post is a collection of math classroom decoration ideas, some from my own classroom, some printables I've made for teachers, and photos that teachers have sent to me of their own math classroom décor.
Above is a How to be a Math Person poster surrounded by some printable mathy math bulletin board borders.
There was a positive change in my classroom once I started hanging student work and math word wall references. The above photo is from my classroom where I taught small group algebra 2, geometry and consumer math. If you're having a hard time finding those dancing functions posters in the bottom left corner, the blog where they used to be is no longer active. I was able to track them down and linked them here.
Here is a photo of Ms. Estrada getting her 6th grade math word wall together.
Even my seniors liked seeing their work displayed. Here is a photo of our classroom Fridge where students hung their graded papers:
Most of the time even my juniors and seniors chose to hang their papers on our classroom fridge instead of bringing them home. It was motivating for them to see their work displayed, and allowed me on tough days to point to examples of when they had been successful.
This success iceberg is one of my favorite classroom posters of all time. It was drawn by Sylvia Duckworth. There are many other versions of this motif, but hers is my favorite.
These new "My Best Math Work!" student work toppers turn student work into a colorful bulletin board display. There are a few different styles included, sized for both horizontally and vertically aligned student worksheets.
At the beginning of the school year as students enter your classroom for the first time, this Welcome, Math Person! poster is a reminder that we are all math people.
This Practice Makes Better poster reminds students that perfect is overrated. Great things happen when we work hard, get better and stop worrying about being perfect. Making mistakes is important and the way we grow, especially in math class. I hope this poster helps students remember this.
To me, math confidence is everything. When students are confident, they can push through that tough math topic or at least be more willing to try. That confidence can be tough to build and comes from more than just classroom décor. But I do believe that the decorations we hang in our classrooms can help.
This order of operations mobile is part of my blog's free math resource library.
This collection of data and statistics is part of a 6th grade math word wall.
Teachers have sent me so many great photos of their classrooms and seeing them all has made me so happy. This one was sent over by Ms. Koehler of her geometry word wall.
And this is a photo of Ms. Paulus's 5th grade math word wall.
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| Photo sent from Mr. Urzua of his math word wall |
Mr. Urzua shared a photo of his math word wall on Instagram. I love the black background.
Ms. Woodworth brought her math classroom décor outside and hung hundreds of matholution math pennants in her school's courtyard.
I've made over 100 math pennants, with a bunch being for the holidays. They're fun activities that cover math topics and then double as student-created math classroom décor.
Here is an "I Know I Can" motivational classroom poster with words from Nas. I heard from a bunch of teachers that their students thought the words were from Lil Nas X. Nothing makes a person feel older, lol. There are directions to enlarge PDFs in this post.
This back to school math pennant with a Golden Spiral theme helps students get to know each other at the beginning of the year. It comes with a short lesson on the Golden Ratio and optional glyph directions for students to color based on get-to-know-you questions.
My friend Karrie from Mrs. E Teaches Math sent this photo of her students' back to school math pennants. How about that wood paneling? There are more math pennants to see here.
This "I'm so glad you're here" math classroom poster welcomes students as they enter your classroom.
If you're into Halloween and teach algebra or algebra 2, this is a free set of 12 posters with skeletons posing as algebraic functions. It's a fun set to display in the fall.
Ms. Page sent this photo with little Santa hats on her skeleton functions to extend their life through the winter holidays!
This place value wall reference is part of my blog's free math resource library.
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| Order of operations math pennant |
This order of operations math pennant is a free activity that doubles as math classroom décor. There's another linked to it for younger students. Students evaluate the expression on their pennant, then hang it in your classroom as décor. Even my seniors loved seeing their work displayed!
Word problems are a challenge, so I made a word problems bulletin board for solving any math word problem, from elementary to middle to high school. Not shown in the photo is a title that reads "Word Problems" that was a suggested addition.
How do you like to decorate your classroom walls? Do you believe less is better, go all out or are you somewhere in the middle?
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