Sunday, July 26, 2015

Classrrom Set-Up


With the new school year about to begin, I find myself struggling to get back onto routine of getting up before 7 am and getting my now 4 month old daughter ready for daycare.  However, before all of that begins, I get to set up my room and spend some time prepping for the school year with my other grade level teachers.  Over the summer, my room was made a little smaller :( so I had to rethink how my room was going to look.  






Here are some pictures of my room (and yes they are not done cleaning up).




After spending all day working on my room, I have to say that I am pleased with the outcome.  I have some last minute additions to add next week but those are small things.

My reading corner was the biggest challenge.  I decided to reorganize and label my books.  I found these really cute labels from Missing Tooth Grins and decided on her chalkboard labels.  After my books were organized and labeled I did a little decorating.  I fell in love with my new chairs when I saw them at Walmart.  I was getting tired of my old beanbags.




My students will also have specific leveled readers chosen for them each week.  These books will be placed in the red pocket chart.



I then moved onto my writing corner. This is a relaxing part of the classroom where the students can free write.  There is a word wall posted for them to reference to.  I love the alphabet cards I got on teachers pay teachers. 

Here are some of my storage areas of my room.






I have a few finishing touches left to do, but I am so happy with how my room turned out this year.



I hope everyone has as much fun setting up their room as I did. 








Thursday, February 26, 2015

Back in Action!

     It has been awhile since my last post.  A lot has been going on these past few months.  My husband and I are expecting our first child any day now and we have been busy preparing for her arrival.  I have been busy preparing for my maternity leave.  Lets just say that it has been a crazy past couple of months.

     Yesterday and today my school had two 'snow days' in a row.  Now that I have all my maternity plans done I decided to make a few more "Match em" readers.  With the upcoming St. Patrick's Day holiday almost here, I decided to create a "Find the Gold" reader to go along with the holiday.


"Getting to School"
"Big or Little"