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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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!!

Marshmallow Mouths and Toes

If you are anything like me, I enjoy having a straight quiet line while walking in the hallways. It makes me proud to show off my class because it shows that they have respect for other learners. And lets be real here, it is down right embarrassing when you have a noisy class walking in line. It's like a stampede is coming. For years I have used bubbles in your mouth and hands behind your back. Well this is good for the quite mouths, but I still get stompers in my class. Last year it wasn't a huge deal because our hallways were carpeted, but now they are just concrete, so noise spreads so easily. This year I decided to use marshmallow mouths and toes. I started off by bringing out the marshmallows. I had a lot of oooohhhhhsssss and aaaaahhhhhsssss... exactly what I wanted. We talked about marshmallows and used our 5 senses to describe them. This was also a perfect way to introduce adjectives. After we made a list, I let each of my students eat a marshmallow. WHAT?? We ge...

3-2-1 Teacher Bio {Weekend Warriors}

I am linking up with Weekend Warriors to let you know a little bit about myself. I love getting to know other teachers and thought this would be a fun way to do it. 1. I love being a teacher and I have wanted to be one every since I was a little girl. I even turned my closet into a classroom and taught my sister and gave her homework to do. Even when she was done playing with me I would continue to play teacher by myself and my Barbies. If you peak into my classroom I am always with my students. I am either sitting on the floor with them reading a story, sitting at their tables during math time, and even dancing during Go Noodle with them. I love my job and being able to be a kid at heart 7 hours a day is pretty awesome!! 2. I absolutely love center time. I love making and creating fun and engaging centers for my students and this year I am even going to add an additional math center time. This is a time where my students get to unwind a little, have some fun, ...

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