Classroom Set-up:Take 1

Classroom set-up is underway as I slowly wade through all of the papers I stuffed here, there and everywhere over the last year.  Really, I long to be organized and tidy. I see other classrooms and sigh, wishing I could see that much space on my desk. I feel like I am always tidying and never getting ahead. I know that Kindergarten and grade one teachers have a lot of  stuff. We just do. We have to change activities every 20 minutes(sometimes more often when we have THOSE classes). I just cannot keep up. But each year I streamline my systems and plan how I will transform into a neat and organized teacher.

   This year is no different. I have binders ready for each student so I can wrangle their papers and hopefully keep up with all of the home/school communication. I have files for writing and book boxes that cannot be torn apart or chewed up by hungry little readers(don't ask). I have committed to never leaving school until I can see my desk. YIPES!

   So here I am in the process:

Disaster

Disaster

AHHHHHH...My Rockin' Welcome Board. There are a few spaces just in case. I wised up last year when I got 6 new registrations on the first day of school. Yep, that's right!

I love these cute guitars that I got from Etsy and the backround paper from Lettering Delights.

My daughter's sign. She can't wait to start Kindergarten and have Mommy for her teacher(she'll soon learn...)

Once my Welcome board was done, I stepped over the piles of stuff on the floor and finished up my CAFE and BUILD boards.

CAFE board with titles thanks to Ladybug Teacher's Files. I LOVE her stuff!

BUILD boxes for math. I customized these posters that I got from Lyndsey at A Year Of Many Firsts in her Chalk it to me pack.

More goodness from Ladybug Teacher Files. I made each branch hold letter teams that follow the same rule. My favourite is Huh?. That branch is for those letter teams that you just cannot explain to a 6-year-old!

Ladybug Teacher Files again. I was thinking I could keep this up from last year but the wrinkly paper could drive me batty so...

And that's it for now. The piles remain on the floor but my walls are looking good-so there!