It's hard to believe that it's back to school time...and there is so much to do to get our classrooms and our "selves" ready for the rush of the first days of school. I thought I'd get back into the swing of things with a quick back to school photo show! Once things settle down, I promise to get back into the routine of real blogging! Although this post isn't a real classroom "reveal", I ... Read the Post
Baby steps…classroom prep day 4
I do NOT know why I cannot seem to get moving this year...everything is taking me far too long. After coming home from an unsuccessful, unproductive day on Thursday, I made myself a HUGE to do list--2 pages long! Hopefully that will keep me more focused when I go in on Monday! Here's a few photos to show the little bit I DID get done! Popsicle sticks with names are made for our ... Read the Post
Classroom Visit #3: Making messes and moving slowly!
I have always been so envious of my friends who can walk into their clean classrooms and delicately and gracefully unpack a box at a time, put up a nice neat bulletin board, and they leave their room looking beautiful every day. This is not me. This is one of four corners of destruction. Today I went in to meet with our tech person to try to learn more about Google sites so I can figure ... Read the Post
Classroom Visit Day 2! Classroom library improvements
It was back to my classroom for another half day--and my main goals were to get all my new fabric finished and to get my new labels on my book bins. Mission ALMOST accomplished! The front is ready for "learning decor"! Now...what to put there this year! This is one area of my library...I have most of these bins arranged by series, author, or topic--and I've been adding to some ... Read the Post
It’s August “Eve” and the classroom prep begins!
It's started. Those days of saying, "You should really go to your classroom and check it out--you packed up in a hurry and it could be reallllllly bad." I ignored myself for a few weeks and finally caved the other day. SIGH... Guess who forgot to leave the custodians a room map? That's right. Me. Our custodians are great-and they like to have a map to put things back ... Read the Post
Ready or not–here they come!
I spent the morning at school trying to finish up last minute details before heading into the weekend, and arrived at school only to find out that I got another new student. Isn't that always the case? So--new line order list. New locker list. New name tags. New bulletin board labels. I guess I'm glad I went in today or I would be frantically doing it Tuesday ... Read the Post
Classroom Progress…One Step Forward, Two Steps Back!
Today I spent most of the day in my classroom trying to make sense of the chaos. Why is it that some people getting their rooms ready appear to be in complete control and my room looks like a crime scene? Sigh. I thought I'd share a few pics of what's been going on--and I have deliberately left out shots of the entire room so you don't call the authorities. This is the shelf ... Read the Post