Back In The Class

Aloha friends!  I am back to work and have officially been back for two whole weeks!  I'm not going to lie that first week back was tough! 5 full days of instruction without any specials and 7 year olds just coming back from summer.  I was thoroughly exhausted by the end of that first week!!

After a much needed weekend of doing absolutely nothing I headed into the second week refreshed. This week was much smoother and it actually seemed to fly by.  Here's a look at what we have been doing.

We created our Surf Buddies and they came out so cute!  You can grab this Freebie HERE.

We started learning about Timelines and created a fun Birthday Timeline along with this graphing activity.

We read the story "Have You Filled A Bucket Today" and created our bucket filler chart.

We also read the following books which I love for Back To School.

We ended this week with a fun art project.

This project was a lot of fun to make.  It came from HERE. My class really enjoyed learning some facts about the first Olympic games and sharing their favorite events.

I started this week with a clean desk and I am really hoping I can keep it this way for just a little while.  We'll see how long it lasts!!

Did you notice my new lesson planner?  I absolutely love it!

I think it suits me very well.  I just need to look at it to transport me to the beach in those stressful times! 

I have to say I was so busy that I didn't even think to take pictures of my classroom setup.  This week I will get it all together and share with you next week.

I hope you all had a fantastic week whether you were in the classroom or still on vacation! 

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Another Monday Made It

Aloha friends!  I am nearing the end of my summer break and am now working on projects that I have been procrastinating all summer.

The first project I finished was a job chart for my class.  I usually have 20 students each year so I decided to have 10 jobs with two students for each job.  So I came up with these 10.

These cute little surfboards will have their names on them. I just need to cut them out.

I plan to hang these on the wall and place velcro on each side of the job to hold the names.

You could also glue the surfboard onto a clothespin to make a clip chart job board.

The next thing I made was a surf themed calendar set.

I have this calendar in my classroom this year. I bought it last year from Lakeshore.

I think it's great, but it is a bit plain.  So I came up with this:

Monthly headers cards,

Date cards,

  Odd/Even date cards,

Dates, day and year cards

It's simple, but I think it will really tie in the rest of my decor.

Today I am headed into my classroom.  I haven't been in all summer and I officially have to be back next Tuesday.  I actually really enjoy this time to play around with furniture and rearrange.  I will keep you posted on my progress and take lots of pictures.

 Both my job chart and my calendar set are available in my TpT store. I tweaked them a bit to make them more general for anyone who would like to use them. Just click on the pics below to check them out.

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Welcome To My Class

So today is the big day for 21 new students! I am very excited about the new year, not only because of all the great ideas I want to implement, but I know so many of the students who will be in my class. Many of them since they were babies!!  I worked last week to get everything together, but of course there is always more to do.

Welcome to my class:)

I love how the surfboards came out

All the kids take off their shoes before they come in

 I hope this set up works for me, I like all of the space

Check in chart

Drill bag (fire, earthquake, tsunami, lock-down, shelter in place)

Bucket Fillers and Clip Chart

Star of The Week Board

Homework Folder, Cubbies, Lunches

My new fun desk

Found these cute tumblers at Target and hot glued them onto a

piece of wood so they wouldn't fall over

No apple on my desk this year, just a pineapple:)

Coconut candle that a student gave me

My new rug!!

Schedule cards-Do you recognize them from

Ladybug's Teacher Files??

Love this poster:))

New alphabet chart

These have been on my clock forever, I never change it

Writing Center

Supplies

Library

Book Bags

Computers

I am pretty happy with the set up. I hope we have plenty of room with all my new kiddos,

backpacks and supplies.

If you are starting back today you are probably not reading this, lol!  But for those of you still on vacation enjoy your time:)

Let's see if I still have a voice left at the end of the day:))

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