These ideas and designs were heavily influenced by the awesome English boards made by ch_armander so please go look there for inspiration!
There are also pdf versions of everything linked below. Two are meant to be printed on A4 and the other on A3 :)
This board includes:
A cute news story from Breaking News English. I included emojis to loosely indicate the meaning of words that may be difficult or just catch students' attention as they walk by.
A big holiday calendar for the month which is split across two A3 pages. Note that I'm from the States so a lot of the holidays included are the ones I was familiar with and could speak to accurately. There is a separate page meant to be printed on A4 with descriptions of each holiday with kanji for difficult and unfamiliar words which has all been checked by a native speaker
A fun trivia page with a bit of history about the etymology of the word May as well as details about the zodiacs and birthstones that fall within the month.
A mix of a cute survey for the kids to choose their preferred flavor (sweet or spicy), I pinned some stickers up next to the page on the board and the kids vote by placing them.
A song of the month. The Spotify code at the bottom is scannable and will play automatically.
there is a page of cute designs ( from PicMonkey) to cut out and fill dead space with.
I have a whiteboard with a marker attached to the larger English board and every time I'm at that school I switch out the questions to keep the kids engaged week to week. I'll put the questions I have planned for this month below. This is also a good opportunity to teach the kids how to use tally marks since they sometimes default to writing 正.
Be a bird or be a fish?
Eat icecream or eat pudding?
Run very fast or jump very high?
Eat a cupcake or eat a pizza?
Be a princess or be a dragon?
Drink cold tea or drink hot tea?
Read a comic book or watch a cartoon?
Never use the internet or never use an air conditioner?
If you have questions, find mistakes, or would like access to raw copies of anything please let me know!
Enjoy!