I know it's been awhile since I've blogged. I don't know how these teacher bloggers are able to keep up! Hence why they are my inspiration ;-) Well the first week of school with the kiddos was a success and I think my body is finally adjusting back to school hours. But I am so happy it's a 3 day weekend, I need it! Now that I have had some R&R today, I have been so excited to reveal my new classroom for this year! I have a much bigger room which is pretty awesome... but it is in a pod, which I am still getting used to (you know the whole open classroom thing). Well lets take a tour of my new classroom digs!
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| Here is my lovely classroom when I walked in Monday during teacher week. #notimpressed |
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| Took me the entire teacher week to complete, but I did it! Welcome to my classroom. I love this bistro board I purchased last year. It has a whiteboard on the other side. I am using it at the entrance of my room since I do not have a door this year. |
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| Sink area with supplies, student work display, and mini book nook area. | |
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| Following all these teacher blogs has given me "label OCD". I will put a pretty label on anything if I can. I used 3 small Sterelite drawers for my crayon organization. I found the labels HERE. I love keeping the crayon colors organized - no more complaining they cannot find a darn color. |
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| Making our way around the room, is my desk area. I have since added my student's Bucket Filler pockets to the front of my desk which I'll blog about later. Eventually the carpet area will be for "listen to reading" when we start the D5. I also updated my desk caddy from last year by spray painting it turquoise. |
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| The board area took me awhile to decide how I wanted to set up. I decided to put the word wall below it for easier student access. The animal print letters I found HERE. My calendar kinda annoys me because it does not match my colors this year, but I will manage. My white board area in the middle there is an adhesive white board I purchased from Whiteyboard. I LOVE it. So happy I purchased the Groupon this summer - totally worth it. |
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| My math wall area with a math word wall below. I found the math focus wall HERE. I used it last year and it was great to review concepts with my firsties all year long. Oh and there is my whiteboard easel I made over this summer :) Love it! The wall behind my rocking chair is blank for now as I will be making a ton of anchor charts throughout the year to display there. |
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| Teacher time area. I really wish I had a kidney table but I will make due with this. Last year I had to teach on the carpet for my small groups so I am pumped to have a table this year! I will have to make more crates for my students to sit on though. Oh yea, there is another WhiteyBoard on the wall there too :) |
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| Classroom library area. I spent a whole morning organizing my books into categories. Then another day assembling 4 black shelves. You would think a school would provide bookshelves somewhere in the classroom - nope! The shelf in the middle has the book bins I purchased for my students from Big Lots. They will get their assigned bin when we start D5. |
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| D5 area is still a work in progress, but I set up the basic pocket charts that the students will use to choose their D5 activities each morning. The writing wall is also from A Cupcake for Teacher (LOVE her stuff!). |
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| View from my desk area. |
And there you have it folks! My room for this year. Now I am enjoying the 3 day weekend. I feel so accomplished today already:
Not only did I catch up on my blog but, I ran a over 3 miles this morning, went to the gym, made a healthy brunch, and relaxed at the in-law's pool for a little while. Ahhhh.... now to figure out what to do with the husband this evening. We are just hanging around for the holiday weekend. Until next time ~Cara Lee
