Monster nameplates

I am doing a monster theme in my classroom again this year and now that I am learning how to make some many things on the computer I am trying to do more on my own. I had my first attempt at name plates today. These are really basic and I plan to make some with more on them, but I wanted to share what I have done already. What is your classroom theme this year?

Monster Name Plates

Monster Math

I have been trying to come up with a better way for my students (2nd grade) to practice speed at their basic addition and subtraction facts. I feel like they need to have a firm grasp on the basic facts for continued success in math. In both school I have taught at we have had weekly speed tests, but I never felt it was rewarding or successful for my students. While blog stalking yesterday I came across this great blog, Lory's Page, and a post about pig math, which led me to create Monster Math I plan on having students do a 30 second speed test daily. As the successfully complete the daily problems they will move up to the next level. We will keep track of this with my own recording sheet and a vision I have of moving clips to different monsters (pictures to come once I finish creating this). I am hoping to reward periodically for hard work and being successful. I would love your thoughts on this and any challenges you may foresee. I worked on the addition portion today, but I will also make a portion for subtraction.

Check out the Monster Math Addition here.