Thursday, August 1, 2013

Classroom Photos and Currently

Where has summer gone?  Can you believe it is August?  Well, it is here and we might as well roll with it. Today I am going to link up up Farley over at Oh Boy 4th Grade for her monthly linky party.  First, I am going to share some of my classroom pics.

I have spent this week getting my room ready.  Is it completely finished?  No, but it will do until I return to work the Week of the 12th with 4 PD days and 1 work day before the children arrive.

I have a small rectangular shaped room.  I have no windows, just one door to the outside and one door to the hallway.

This is what you would see if you entered my room through the hallway. I have grouped 20 student desk in the middle of the room.  My small group table and teacher desk is to the right of the door.  I have a group meeting area in front of our magnetic white board.   (Sorry for the poor photo)


 This is the view when coming in through the outside door.  I have a second meeting area to the right of the room.


 This is the view from the back right corner.


This is the view from my teacher area.


As you can see I still have boxes stacked on top of the student closet area.  I am like many other teachers with lack of storage.  I need some ideas on how to make my sink area more functional for storage and student use.  Any ideas???

Now for my August Currently...

I enjoy being at home with my two girls.  It seems that the television is only background noise to their talking and laughing.  I love to hear them together.  They are also loving to play Just Dance.

I am loving the way my room is coming together.  I have thrown away so much stuff this week.  I have a few more areas to organize around my sink and above the children's closet.  I hope to get that taken care of before August 19.

Thinking about supper.  I have no idea what I am going to feed my hungry family tonight.  It may be a sandwich night.

Wanting to get my literacy centers finished up and organized.  It is a very challenging task.  I am determined to finish.

What I need and my Back To School must haves are self explanatory.  I think several of us have similar B2S items.

I am off to read others are currently doing....

6 comments:

  1. Your classroom is looking great!! I know what you mean about throwing stuff away; it just seems to accumulate, doesn't it? :)

    ~Jen
    Hello Mrs Sykes

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  2. Your classroom does look amazing! Well done! New markers for school is what I love every August.
    Alyce

    Mrs. Bartel’s School Family

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  3. Hello Mechele! I found you through the Currently Linky Party. I am jealous that you are this far into setting up your room. We haven't been "cleared" to enter just yet. 4 days of PD! WOWZERS that seems like a lot of PD. We normally have 2 at the beginning of school. I almost always end of up thinking about all the other things I could be doing instead of being in PD. :)
    ~Christy
    Mrs. Holder’s First Grade

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  4. I love looking at classrooms and how schools are so different! I love yours! The outside door, does that take you to the playground? Does it stay locked? Do you have a key to get in whenever you want? Just curious! ;)

    Amber
    Creative Ideas for the Upper Elementary Classroom

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    1. It takes me outside. It stays locked at all times. However, we have picnic tables outside the door to eat break on in the afternoons. I also load my bus outside that door.

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  5. Your room looks great. Looks like you are ready to go, love your student group areas!

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