Students ordered their books through our classroom Scholastic Book Clubs! While we anxiously awaited our book deliveries, the teachers began to built excitement across the classrooms for the novel. Our four homeroom teachers went to Pottermore and took the official test to see which houses we would be sorted into. It just so happened, we each represented a different house, building a connection to the book and healthy book based competition among all those on the middle school floor. We set the stage for reading by creating a few Hogwarts themed classroom decorations. I wanted to build enthusiasm by recreating some of the environment we were reading about in school. I was blown away by my previous students offering to come in at recess to help create the magic for my current class!
The 9 3/4 platform was made using butcher block paper, a large sponge, and mix of brown and red tempra paint. Our "floating candles" are made from recycled paper towel/toilet paper tubes, fishing line, felt, tissue paper, and paint. If you look closely, before painting our tubes we dripped hot glue down the sides for a drippy wax effect!
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