Visit the School Day!!

Today was the day! I got to meet my students and their families! I have such cute kids!!! Funny how the majority of them acted shy! I do know that will not be the case for very long. I can't wait to see how they grow and develop this year.
School starts Thursday. Tomorrow I leave for a two-day retreat with my new school family. It will be fun. I work with people who will see to it that it is fun...

And then the year begins...

Classroom Update...

Things seem to be coming together:

"join me at the carpet, please" (carpet purchased, coming soon)...looks as though we are almost ready for morning meeting!

counter space lookin' like its ready for the first day of school!! not too fond of the drawer labels, but we can remedy that later...

centers up and ready to run! can't wait to start the word wall!!!!

a reading center rug! FINALLY!!!! thought it looked a little like grass- perfect for our coming attraction (stay tuned)!!!!

"It's going to be a COLORFUL year!!!"

very COLORFUL!!

and who can forget...

the beginning of it all!!!!!!!

Time is up. Tomorrow is "Visit the School" Day- the day I get to meet my students and their families. I am looking forward to it. But there is much still to be done!

New Chapters

WE are a week and a half out from the beginning of school! I signed my teaching contract on Monday and now have until Sunday to have my classroom ready. Sunday is the day we meet the parents!


This is where we are today:

It is a process...

Biggest accomplishment of the day?? The calendar bulletin board, which was left undone...

Lots of pretty cabinets...lots of storage space!!!!

A bit more chaos to deal with in the morning...

You can't see it from this angle, but that white board is WAAAAYYYYY crooked...

Nothing else much to say...

A to Z bookends: and wall art which reads "Every child is a story yet to be told."

There is so much to be done. And I have a ton of great ideas!!! I can't wait to get this year started!!!!! The theme in my classroom this year is FROGs (Fully Rely On God). And we send home with each of the students the stuffed 'class pet.' This year I am going to make several of them, each a little bigger than the previous, and the more the kids read the more he will GROW!!!!! I think this is one of my favorite ideas! What a unique way to motivate those developing readers!!!!!!!!