The Beginnings of my Classroom

I've spent two days this week working in my classroom.  I was hoping that I would be farther along right now but I have gotten a lot accomplished.  I keep telling myself that Friday is the last day I will be going to school and that is to drop of Squirt, Crush, and Millie, our beta fish.  I am going to do my best at keeping to this promise.  Time will tell just how long I actually stay on Friday.

I have finished setting up my reading area.  I like the way that it has turned out.

 This year, I have four chairs for my readers.  I made my orange chairs this summer.  My mom gave me the chairs when I went home.  I had to spray paint them because they were that dirty tan color and looked awful.  I really wish that I had taken a before picture.  I also made the seat cushions.  After looking at this picture, I think that my next project will be my animal chairs.  They are looking a bit out of place and old.  I'm thinking about painting them hot pink and making cushions for them using the same fabric as the other seat cushions.  I've also thought about painting each one a different color because they are different styles.  I still have time to think about this, I probably won't have time to paint them til next summer.

 This summer, I wrote a grant on DonorsChoose.org for plastic book bins for my students.  Each students will place their own "on level" books in their bin.  These are going to work so much better than the plastic zip-lock bags we used last year!  I was excited to see that they arrived on Monday.

I have been working on leveling all of the books in my classroom library.  I got the bins one of my favorite places to shop for my classroom, Christmas Tree Shop!  I just wish that I would have gotten a few more.  When I bought them, I had no idea what I was going to use them for but I knew that I needed them.  The labels I made using Graphics From The Pond's Circle Chalkboard Labels. 

This is just one corner of my classroom.  I can't wait to show you some more!

Amber