Classroom Reveal Minus Front Door

Hey all! As promised, here is my classroom decor (just a glimpse) of how it looks like..Pictures overload! The only thing I did not take pictures of is my front door because my nest is falling apart and needs to be redone.. On to the pics!

View from when you open the door..

Straight ahead from main door

Magnet letters behind one of my doors

Bathroom passes, attendance clipboard, washing hands sign, and how do we go home..

 Social Studies board with family pictures created by students

Social & Science boards

Morning meeting time..with calendar, weather, class jobs, rules, and 5 L's of active listening to the left and above is their birthdays.

Close up

Math board

Reading board area, daily 5, etc

Word Wall

Small group area

Window with Welcome banner and curtains

Teacher's Desk/area

Board

Voice Level and Behavior Clip Chart ribbons

Pledge of Allegiance, Tying Teachers shoe, and finished/not finished paper below

Library/manipulatives area

Another view of library/manipulatives area

Simple lining up line with colored duct tape

 

So there you have it! My classroom..it's still a work in  progress as being that I have no $ to purchase storage drawers for centers, etc. But for now..this is what it looks like :)

Classroom Day 1 and 2

Hello everyone! Sorry for the lack of updates.. I have been running around like a chicken with its head cut off! I have been setting up my classroom since Monday and I have either been tired, sore, or sleepy to blog..I have amazing news! I found out that Kinder teachers schedules are different from the rest of the school..Instead of working from 8-4:30PM, we will start at 7 and finish by 3:30PM..I'm so excited because that hour makes all the difference with my commute (1 hour away from my home). All the veteran Kinder teachers are all very sweet and helpful and I cannot wait to meet up with them either today or tomorrow to plan together. From what they told me, the first two weeks are all about reviewing and testing. I also found another teacher who is obsessed as much as I am with TpT and Pinterest! :) I'm sure we will be collaborating a lot together with ideas... So far I have been setting up my classroom, went to several meetings, lugged around my teacher editions and have been searching for all the student books. I also printed out the whole year's pacing guides.. On to the pictures! Well these pictures are only from Monday and Tuesday. I will post some more tomorrow of what I have as of right now to the final pictures.

My window area with banner and curtains..

Library/manipulatives area

Subject boards

Small group table

Morning meeting area

Before

Before

What do I know with this column? Suggestions?

Before

Front of classroom

Before ...

Until tomorrow..I will post my finished product :)

Have a wonderful day everyone!

Monday Made It! and Question

Hi everyone! Most of us are down down to the nitty gritty with the last couple of weeks left before school starts..Today I go and sign my contract! I'm also going to ask if I can start slowly moving in my things before the 13th because I know all teachers will be fighting for those pushing carts to take all things in the week before school. I also need to ask if I can bring a volunteer aka my boyfriend to help me set up my classroom. Somehow my school is weird about bringing in outside help so most likely they will tell me no, but hey, a simple request wouldn't hurt right? Question: how is your school feelings about outside (volunteer) work? Are they always A-OK with it? Anyways on to the post.. I've linked up again with Fourth Grade Frolics for my Monday Made It..Here are some additional things I've made these past few days..

Tying Teachers shoe that I recreated..I found the tying teachers show on Pinterest to write all the student names that know how to tie their shoes so I don't have to bend down all the time to tie! GENIUS! 

 This is my birthday pot..these little starburst were something I bought from the Dollar Tree. I attached a pencil onto it and wrote in the back "Free No HW Pass! Love, Ms. Pasqua"> Super easy to do and on a tight budget :)

 These two banners I also got from Dollar Tree and I hot glued a cute memo found through Pinterest and the Pledge of Allegiance.

KWL chart I'm going to laminate once I get some $$$ so students and I create an anchor chart with post-its on whatever subject I'm teaching.

Classroom Jobs poster. I got these cute neon envelopes at the Dollar Tree too.

"5 L's of Active Listening" poster. I wrote down how are they supposed to behave when listening with illustrations and arrows pointing to what they should do.

I am no crafty girl, so I got this bunting banner from Party City and hot glued each letter to make sure they don't move around through the school year. I finished it off by laminating it with contact paper (matte).

I hope everyone has a wonderful Monday and keep on truckin'...we're almost there! :)



Photo Dump & Teacher Fashion Linky

Hello! I am anxiously waiting for my principal to call us back to return on the 13th to sign the contract, do some in-service conferences, and set up my classroom! In the meantime, I have been busy making charts, decorating bins, and putting contact paper on everything (I like to use contact paper on small things since it's matte). Anyways, here's what I've been up to..

Voice Level Chart

Behavior Chart

View of all charts hung

How do we go home chart

Paper lantern birds for each table

Colored duct tape for my morning meeting and lining up

 Read, shapes, colors, and numbers posters from Walmart @ 88 cents each!

 Paper trays for finished/not finished assignments

 Owl cork board from Target

 Two area rugs for my reading area from Ross

 CAFE poster

 Math poster

 Number Formation poster

 Class Rules poster

 Mini composition book (3 each) @ 88 cents from Walmart (may use to jot down ideas in small group time)

I'm linking up withFrom Blood to Books linky party about my fashion style in teaching. Now, before I landed my current teaching poisition, I was to wear business casual..Now I have a uniform! Yup, you heard that right! I kind of like wearing a uniform because I don't have to decide on what to wear..I wear a white button down shirt, navy slack, and navy flats/black flats with a small pin of my school on my shirt. What is your thoughts on a teacher uniform? Anyway on to the party...

Here are the guidelines...

1. Tell me your favorite store(s) that you like to get your "teacher's fashion". I like to shop at Gap, LOFT, Old Navy, and Macy*s for my tops and bottoms.

2. What are some of your favorite accessories? I'm ALL about accessorizing! I like to wear different jewelry everyday. For playground time, I like to wear my sunglasses to protect my peeps :)

3. What type of shoes do you teach in? (i.e. heels, flats, wedges, etc.) I generally wear ballet flats because they are so darn comfortable! My favorites are from Born Concept purchased at either Macy*s or Nordstrom..The price might be a bit steep, but I wear them everyday. Previously I used to wear the foldable ballet flats from Gap (the ones that have a little baggie)

4. Do you have a "go-to" item in your closet? (i.e. sweater you wear weekly, shoes you wear daily, etc.) Usually I wear the same flats everyday and my go to sweaters/cardigans are from LOFT

5. Have you ever had a fashion "uh-oh" at school? (i.e. heel broke, button popped off of blouse)

I had button come off my pants one day! I just simply put on my cardigan for the cover up ;)

Have a great Thursday everyone!