Punctuation Bulletin Board

This is a bulletin board I found at Dassa McKinley Elementary School. It was in a third grade classroom and deals with punctuation. The teacher that created this did some really great things and there are also things that I would change in order to make it more visually appealing according to the tips given in Products & Utilization of Instructional Technology. I think this bulletin board does a good job with sticking to one idea, which is punctuation. However, when dealing with punctuation there is a lot going on such as colon, semicolon, parenthesis, and so on. The teacher did a good job of bordering her bulletin board, but did not follow the guidelines of three or less colors. Most of the words are mixed case, which is good. The teacher could have made the title stand out more, the color blends into the background color and the border and is not much bigger than the other letters. The spelling is all correct, however the size of the sentences beneath each picture are not readable from a distance. In order to read the captioning the student would have to be right at the board. The size of the letters should be 1/4 inch for every 8 feet. I believe the purpose of this board was meant to be instructional, but I do not feel that it invites students to actively participate. It does not ask questions or allow students to manipulate. I think it would fit more into a decorative purpose because of this. There also could have been more white space. The pictures seem to crowd the board. Also, there is part of another bulletin board of the United States overlapping onto this bulletin board. This distracts the punctuation bulletin board. The teacher should have been sure to space her other bulletin board as to not interfere with this one.