This time last year, I was just dreaming of the things I wanted to do in my classroom. Unfortunately, we weren't able to get into our rooms until a couple days before pre-planning. We were scrambling! This year, we were able to get in our rooms last week! For a teacher, that is like music to my ears! I am THRILLED. We have two full weeks before pre-planning starts, open house July 31st and the first day of school on August 1st!
I took these pictures after my first day of work. It might look nice now, but I haven't unpacked ALL the boxes. And everything is boxed so the carpets could be cleaned. You can see a small portion of the boxes on the shelf back there. I'm hoping to tackle most of the unpacking this week. I was determined to get the layout down before I started throwing things all over the room. Plus, now there is more table space to lay stuff out on.
I left all of my fabric up on the bulletin boards this summer. I'm pretty sure I'll keep them there. I won't be doing the Boggle though, since I'll only be teaching science. Pinterest will have me busy finding something cute to put there.
I am most excited about having an actual corner for me! I know a lot of teachers don't have desks or areas for themselves, but my personality requires it. I'll be getting another couple of filing cabinets *hopefully* soon and I plan on using that extra table to put my turn-in baskets and things I'm using while teaching. It'll also give me another quiet spot to pull students by pairs or individually for RTI, assessments, and remediation. I just need some cute ideas to spruce up my desk. I have some framed quotes and pictures for my desk and bookshelf I'll be putting out again, but I'd like the desk to look nicer. If only I could mod-podge it!
A sweet friend of mine asked me to make her some curtains for her class! I'm super excited for her...she'll be teaching Pre-K this year!!! I certainly don't envy her with those little ones, it takes a special person to work with Pre-K...but she definitely has what it takes! Good luck this year Alicia!
Anyway, she got this super cute chevron fabric to go with her chill blues and greens and owls :) Love that she can do owls! My 4th graders wouldn't appreciate that. I thought they turned out nicely. Y'all, BTW, she has 5 windows in her class. What?! F.I.V.E.
This little one is not excited about me going back. Having to get her in a routine of getting up early is not fun for me either! My goal is to get her (and me) adjusted before school starts...it'll save a lot of headache and sleep that way :)
This little one is not excited about me going back. Having to get her in a routine of getting up early is not fun for me either! My goal is to get her (and me) adjusted before school starts...it'll save a lot of headache and sleep that way :)
This week starts 3 days we'll be able to be in our rooms (with no air, mind you...we're committed y'all). Already set my alarm for the morning...ahhhh!
