Classroom Progress

It's been a long summer, but finally I am able to work in my room. Here are just some progress photos. I will have to do a proper classroom tour in the future.

I am excited to have a teaching corner. For right now, this is my dramatic play center. I feel like it takes up a lot of space, so I will probably be moving it somewhere else in the future.

This is actually the back of my room. We have new Promethean board so even though I would normally set up my room facing this way, I am actually facing the other way. It feels a little strange.

My grammar wall. We have ELD sections that are required to teach grammar for 1 hour a day. The whole school posts a grammar wall to reinforce the skills that are being taught in those ELD sections as well as the grammar that we teach in the non-ELD sections.

I used to have a huge tree in my old classroom. I had to bring a little of that into my current classroom. Eventually I would like to create another large tree for tracking data. It will be on the empty wall next to it.

My reading/calendar wall. This is where I do most of my teaching. The Promethean board is to the left of this section.

Math wall that will eventually move to the dramatic play center area.

How I will display student work.

My bulletin board that is in... the HALLWAY!! I have always wanted to work in an indoor school just to be able to decorate outside of my door.

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Magic Answer (Flip Chute)

Don't we all just love Pinterest? I know I do! I have been wanting to implement math centers into my routine this year and I slowly want to teach my students games that can one day be part of their math centers. I am currently working on a math fluency "program" (future post) and I knew that I wanted math facts to be a big part of my math centers. I saw this flip chute on pinterest and I thought it was perfect. I went ahead and made one of my own. It was actually pretty easy. There is a video on Classroom DIY, but I decided to do a more step-by-step video. You can see that video here. I also made a template in word that you can go ahead and type your questions and answers into. Click the photo to visit my TPT where you can download the template for free.

I'm Not a Turkey

With Thanksgiving coming up, I am reminded of all the things that I am thankful for. I am thankful for my wonderful family and friends. I am also thankful for such a sweet bunch of second graders this year. I want to keep this post short and sweet so I will leave you with one of my favorite writing activities, I'm not a turkey. I'm sure there are many variations of this activity, but I just love it so much. I love the creativity that comes out during this assignment. One of my favorites... I'm not a turkey. A turkey has feathers. I have hands. Can I ask you a question? Do turkeys go to school? No they do not. I am a student. I talk a lot. If you eat me, I can talk in your stomach. If you eat a student, you go to jail. Ohhh so creative!!

Plan With Me Sunday Blog Hop

Welcome to Plan With Me Sundays Blog Hop! This is my first time participating and I am so excited! I have been a planner all of my life and I absolutely love writing things down and organizing my life. This week I wanted to link up with Keeping up with Mrs. Harris and Kreative in Kindergarten because I love looking at other people's planners. Before I share with you my planner(s) I just want to let you know that I have THREE, yes three. One is my personal planner with my every day to do lists, chores, appointments, etc. My second is my business planner. I use this to organize things for work, my TpT store and blog, as well as my Etsy. The third planner is my Erin Condren teaching planner. I will not be sharing that planner this week, but you can learn all about it HERE . I will be sharing two of my planners here with you today. The first is my business planner. It is an Erin Condren planner in the vertical layout. I love this layout because it is broken down into thre

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