My Classroom

I am really excited about being in a new school this year. I have had fun setting up a new classroom and getting things ready for the upcoming school year. I was in my last room for 8 years so it was a bit of a challenge to decide where things should go in my new room. I put alot of time into planning how to make my room the most efficient and "user friendly" it could be while still being a place where students were comfortable. I am pleased with the way things worked out. I hope I will continue to be pleased when I actually have to use the room with students in it!

This is what I walked into... white, empty, booorrrrring



 See all my boxes stacked above the lockers?

More boxes

More white, empty boooorrrring

A sad little blank bulletin board :(

That sad bulletin board was the first thing I had to fix!

I unpacked all the boxes and put my labled tubs with science supplies above the lockers.

A closer look at the labels on the tubs.

I organized my book shelf with more supplies. (I don't know why this picture is weird, I tried and tried to fix it and then I just accepted it. I hope you will too.)

Vocabulary Wall

Standing at the front of the room.

Standing at the back of the room.

Anchor charts, tubs for science notebooks and tubs for science folders 

My desk area...not that I ever get to sit there!

And finally...this is how I worked at home this summer on lesson planning, always always with my helpful assistant, Chester. 

  

Nicole



Back to School and Back to Blogging

It's time to say goodbye to summer and hello to the new school year. I returned to school last Wednesday but won't have students for another week. We have still managed to stay busy every second of the day ALLLLL day beginning VERY early in the morning. I came home on Friday and slept for 16(!!) hours straight! I was so tired. It never ceases to amaze me how the summer months can just zap me of my teacher stamina. I better get it back quickly because back to school WITHOUT students is the easy part! My summer was a much needed break filled with alot of relaxation and adventure. Here is a recap (except for pictures of me in my pajamas, much of summer was spent that way !):

A big step in our house remodeling: FLOORS!!

Zombies



Lots and lots of this.....

Planting, caring for and watching flowers grow all over our yard

Ready for vacation! (Clearly, she loves it when I take out my camera!)

 

Rain Forest Cafe

Chattahoochee River

 

Atlanta Aquarium (Can you see me?)

Making more friends at the aquarium (from a distance)

The Zoo!

Exploring Caves and Caverns

 

Sooooo Awesome!

I'm an official spelunker...I even have a picture to prove it.

 

A baby shower with this pretty girl (please focus on my beautiful daughter and not the remodeling that is going on all around us)

 

 

I now bid farewell to summer until we meet again in 2014 and hello to a new school year. It is time to put my spelunking lantern away and take out those notebooks and crayons.

 

Nicole