It's that time of year again. Time to re-organize and re-decorate to get your classroom ready for all the fresh faces that will be arriving in a few weeks. Unfortunately, this years' room is not ready yet. So, I thought I would do a flashback post. After all, it's flashback Tuesday, isn't it? Wait, that's Friday. Oh well. We are flashing anyway!!
Before the big reveal, I must give you a little background knowledge. It's the teacher in me. Last year, in May, I had
absolutely no plan or intention to go back to teaching….YET. I was working part-time at our church as the
secretary and homeschooling my boys. I
had been out of public school teaching for two years (I had a child with a
medical issue).
I was content.
Then my baby sister moves back to town and lands her first
job at the local elementary. That was a
total game changer. My child was doing
great and dying to go back to public school and I had an opportunity to work at
the same school as my sis. I called to
see if they had another opening and the rest is history.
Why did I tell you all that, you ask?? Well I had to sprint to get a classroom
ready. Although I was hired at the
beginning of summer, I had a summer full of plans that did not include classroom decor. Plus, I would be
teaching Kindergarten for the first time in 10 years!! So, I’ve said all this to say….. I threw
this room together with a lot less prep than usual. There were lots of things I LOVED…and
lots of things I didn’t.
Since we have
just started this blogging bees-wax, I thought it would be good to share last
years classroom pics. I absolutely love
looking at other teachers’ rooms and gleaning ideas from them. So here we go…. I
hope you enjoy.
View from the front door.
Can you tell I have a BRIGHT and BUSY personality??
This is right inside my door. It is my main work area for morning classroom business. This houses my emergency plans/forms, breakfast and lunch forms, nurses slips, lunch tags, etc. Students drop any money or notes here as they enter the room.
This board is also right inside my room. It is the home to our class rules, how we get home, class jobs, and morning work routine. The shelf with the polka dot fabric houses lunch kits and behavior folders. The fabric only lasted through Meet the Teacher because it was in the way! But it surely looked cute!
We are blessed in my district with lots and lots of storage space. Besides this area, I also had a walk-in closet to share with my neighbor teacher next door. With the help of my sisters, we sewed the curtains to hide all the teachery chaos in the cabinets. The mailbox area is also home to pencils, erasers, etc, etc.
The table in front of the word wall is a small, two-seater and it came in handy for those who had self-control issues. You can also catch a peek at my block center to the right.
The rug area. This is where the magic happens, people! I
This is a combination of a teacher corner, my guided reading table, and student computer station. I would like to say it doesn't usually stay this cluttered, but I would be struck down by lightning for sure. Let's just say I'm an orginizational work in progress!
This is my classroom library. My monster tent is definitely adorable and yes, I know..... it looks like a ladybug. Actually is WAS a ladybug until I labored to attach mullti-colored felt polka dots, furry strips, and even horns (look closely). I was hoping beyond hope to transform it into a Monster tent, but everyone just loved the ladybug! eeeekkk! Oh, well, you can't win them all. I guess.
This is my display board for the hall. It didn't make it too long because I am the last classroom next to the back doors, so the sun faded it pretty quickly.
Well, I couldn't dare end this post without a little yummy goodness. I am in love with McDonalds' strawberry cream pies. But guess what? They quit selling them. Boo. But guess what?? They started selling peach cream pies. And I must say, YUMMO DELICIOUSNESS!!!
~ Robin
