The first day...

I am so excited for the first day to begin.  Here's what your children saw when they came into their room.  Each desk had a place mat made with the pictures I took during the Back to School Rumble. In addition they also found a container of Play-doh!  (Always a good ice breaker!)   Soon the walls will fill up with student work and anchor charts, the desks will fill up with workbooks, and the chair pockets will fill up with notebooks and writing folders. 

Viola!

The transformation is complete.  Welcome to your first grade classroom.

  Everything is in place and now all I need are my students.  Then the real work begins!

In the beginning...

I returned to my classroom at the end of July to find a shiny, clean, but empty space. 

 The process of unpacking and creating a learning space begins with first setting up the furniture and

 then emptying out the closet!  It is a creative process that I enjoy-

wondering what will happen when the students come and how will they like it.