Classroom Tour!

Well, folks, tomorrow is the first day of school, so I suppose I am finished with my classroom, for now.  I'm pretty happy with the way it turned out.  This is going to be a quick entry, because I'm sitting at Goodyear having new tires put on my car, so I'm not sure how much time I have.

Picture tour:

This is what was on their desks for Open House.

My closet doors: Ron Clark Essentials and Behavior Clip Chart.  5th grade also painted our back doors with chalkboard paint! :)

Ron Clark Essentials

Shelf Cart: Pod Book Boxes and a shelf for their Data notebooks.  The other side has book baskets on them.

Library:  I forgot to take a picture of the book basket labels I made. :(

Inspiration/Quotables Wall:  I thought of the mirror and graduation cap over the summer.  Everyone at school seems to love it!

Inspiration/Quotables Wall

College Wreath: We are required to have this... it's a good idea, but I need to actually put my college name somewhere on it.  It hasn't been a priority this week.

View of the room from the door

Homework (magazine) Rack :)

Information Center:  I'm loving my lunch count/attendance area.

Meeting Area

That's my room!  What do you think?  The walls are pretty bare, because we put up tons of anchor charts...  Any suggestions?  I can't wait to hear your comments! :)

 

Classroom Pictures Linky Party -- Call Me Crazy!

With everyone starting to post pictures of the classrooms, I am super excited to see all the possibilities!  I started thinking last night, "I wonder if anyone is doing a linky party for classroom pictures?"  I did a quick google search and turned up nothing.  So...  I'm making a linky party of my own!  It could end up being a colossal fail, but it doesn't hurt to try!  Honestly, I'm not sure if I should do this since I am just moving into my classroom today! I can join my own party later, right? :)

So, if you would like to join my Classroom Pictures Linky Party, please do!  Spread the word!  We have shared ideas all summer with Tara's Monday Made It Linky Party and Elizabeth's Fabulous Friday Finds Linky Party, so let's continue sharing!  P.S. The Linky Party will be open until October 7th, so please don't feel rushed!

UPDATE:
I have a long way to go but here is one picture from my exhausting first day in the classroom.

Curtains are up! :)

UPDATE:
I decided to give up on the linky...  better luck next time! :)