Nervous

Although I have taught for five years... I am always nervous about the first day of school. I can never sleep the night before, and I always think that I am forgetting something. I hope that everyone is excited about tomorrow, because I definitely am! Looking forward to a wonderful year!

So, I went to my classroom today, and finished most of my work! I was very proud of myself. I took a few pictures that I am going to try to upload...

I had to put some lettering up on my classroom door, and I came up with an idea that worked great! I measured the space that I had, put sticky tack on the letters on a yard stick, and carried it with them into the hallway. I thought that it was very helpful.

I also decided to cover the backs of my bookshelves. I repositioned them this year, and the backs were showing. They have been up against walls forever, and were very unattractive. I bought a black plastic tablecloth and a roll of cute duct tape from Wal-Mart. I measured and cut the tablecloth to fit the bookshelves, then taped it on to make a border. I am very proud of this, but who knows how long it will actually hold up!!!

I decided to use my back chalkboard for a student work display board. I found yardsticks for free from the county fair last week that were bright colors. This gave me an idea... I had my step-father cut them, then I put magnets on the back. After I get my class list, I will put each student's name on the front with sticker letters.

I don't know if I like this yet or not... I 'stole' the wording from my friend, Trisha, but I wanted to make a beehive to go with my classroom theme. I debated on using yellow poster board instead of brown, but I don't know. I might end up changing this before school starts. As you can see, I was very busy today!!! Hopefully it looks good.

Overwhelmed...

I am going to do my best to start and maintain a blog this year for my classroom. I can make no promises because I do have a three year old son who likes my attention. :) School starts next week, and I am NOT ready. I am normally more organized, but this summer I worked for my step-father for some extra money. I was only able to really focus on my classroom last week. Although it looked organized to start with, I have decided to try to de-clutter... Which means that it looked worse before it started looking better. I am going to school on Sunday to hopefully finish up!!!