Classroom Design~ Round 1

It is the first day of room set-up and I am excited that I finally have gotten back in my crazy room!

The first step I always start with is furniture placement.  I go in with a sketch and try and make my vision work.  Well ... this year, I have no real plan!  I just started moving everything. 

See the smiley face in the picture ... that was me!

Then the fun of opening cabinets begins!  Almost like opening Christmas presents! You never know what you might find (if you packed like me!) LOL!

It seemed that almost every cabinet I opened I found books!  Most of these are from teaching kindergarten.  I do not have a terrific chapter book library.  That is my goal this year!

 After a little while I began to see progress.  

#1 & 3 has my helper chart with my Kleenex box holder and germ-x bottles right next to the trash can! Underneath are the mailbox cubbies that need a makeover!

#2 Is a picture of my rules, Give me 5, 7 Habits, and schedule cards.  Below that is the start of my unfinished, reward center.  The red shelf is now home to paint this weekend. My Monday Made It!

#4 is a shot of my kid's binder shelf and basket for papers to go home.

 #1 is a shot of my teacher area.  Just getting started there.

#2 Is my guided reading table.  I have never had a "teacher desk" in all of my years of teaching.  I have always wondered what it would be like but then saw people posting they were getting rid of them.  I guess I never missed anything.

#3 Is the start to my "Hearts Desire" library.  This is where a lot of the "theme" books from kinder go. The kids LOVE them in 2nd, too!

#4 Is my "Favorite Authors" library with the matching characters.  This was one of their favorites last year!

Time to go home ... Still a HOT mess

#1 is a picture across my room to the front door.

#2 Extra storage containers ... do you have a ton of these but end up using most of them?

 Thanks so much for stopping by to see my progress.  More to come next week when we are back in the building everyday!

Happy Decorating You Room!

Karen

Classroom Design

So it is that time of year again~

Time to make a plan and put it into action.

Right now, I feel like this ...

This is the stuff I could leave in my room.  I have more at home and in storage.  YIKES!!! I thought I was doing better at minimizing~ HA! 

I look at what is in the room and really have to plan it out before I even start to move anything.

Going back to teaching all subjects means, more stuff!  I am also in a new room this year.  I have been in this room before, but I was kindergarten back then and everything was different.

I am at the "Where do I begin?" stage.

I am betting I will take this one home with me and paint there.  I hate to waste my time at school painting.  I am hoping it will fit some of my chapter books nicely and then I can rotate out the extra baskets.  We will see ...

I love the back of the room.

I can't wait to dress it up!

Wish me luck, the madness starts on Aug. 6th!

Happy Classroom Designing!

Karen

Classroom Design Day #2

Today was the 2nd day back in my classroom ... I was under time constraints today!!!  I have been so blessed to have an amazing and supportive team.  I also have a phenomenal & upbeat partner, who I just adore!

I was also very lucky to have some help from a former student!
Thanks, Braydon!

So here is what happened today ...

I finished the the ipod board & all I need to do is add the current vocab. we are working on.  I also added the toppers to my anchor chart boards & hung my meet-the-teacher pages of info.  

My budget did not allow for the cute magnetic bar so ... I found this tension rod at the dollar store & supported it with magnets.  It is all ready to hold the current anchor chart we are discussing/reviewing. 

 Here are my nonfiction book baskets.

I need to work on this again next week!!!  

These are the headers for the objectives & misc.

I may redoing these to match my theme better ...

  

 

Happy guys are starting to make their appearance.

 This is my desk/workstation ... it will be neater!  I love the skirt to hid the junk underneath!!!

Here is my paper sorter & if you look real close you can see the little clip labels that tell where the colors go.  A sweet little friend of mine sorted all of my colors ... Thank you, Braydon!!!

Here are my seat crates I made last year.  I really wanted black, but I already had these.  I may go back and spray them, but not in the budget or time frame right now. They store the kid's supplies.  If you look real close, you can see the label for the basket.  It drove me crazy when they were not labeled!!! I lined them with poster board to give them a pop of color & hid the mess inside.

I am starting to collect the binders I need to update ... Oh my! 

I put up my calendar but got distracted (terrible to be ADHD!).  

 I started putting my numbers up but the announcement came on and we were all kicked out.  Boo!  I will have to finish that on Monday!

Along with a long list of projects!

 Must laminate!!!

Happy designing or teaching if you have already started!

Karen

Room Design Day 1

Today was the 1st day back in my classroom ... WOW the time was flying!!!  I did a lot of teamwork & we built two cute bulletin boards together.  We also worked on room design since I am new to second grade and not a pro at teaching the older children or having class changes.  I am so lucky to be on a FANTASTIC team!!!

Here are some pictures of my progress ... which by the way is very slow!

 Here is my banner that I made ...

I love that it fit in this space :o)

(If you would like me to make one for you on TPT, just contact me & give me your information!) 

 This is my messy desk area ... it will be better!

 I love my "Happy" directors chair!

My math manipulatives for my littles!

Looks like my zebra chairs are going to make the cut!  I also got this cute zebra rug from a sweet lady!!!  See some of the books I need to sort & label ... Yahoo!

I have several black baskets to fill with my many books!

Here are my boards for my anchor charts and vocabulary.  Not done ...but started.

To make the HUGE ipods I got some over-sized, sparkly gift bags and took them apart.  Then I recycled the handles to make the ear buds ... nothing wasted here!  I glued white pom-pom balls to the ends for the ear pieces. I think they came out pretty good.

 Hope you had fun seeing day 1 ...

Tomorrow is another day of classroom fun!

Happy Night!

Karen

Classroom Pictures

Went to school today for the first time all summer.  We had a staff meeting  & we found out our first day to start setting up our rooms is Aug. 7th.  YIKES!  My summer is almost over.

Here are some pictures of my empty room.  Time to get the design muscles working.  I was good at setting up a kindergarten class … not even sure where to start on a 2nd grade room. Any ideas would be appreciated?

my small group table 

my boards to decorate & set up anchor charts &

my 6 kid tables

my cabinets

computer station

my misc. furniture

(mix-match chairs ... activating my OCD)

HELP!!!!  Too many ideas & not sure which direction to head except to the store to buy some more zebra stuff.  LOL