So Many Successes, But Still So Far To Go!

      I know I haven't been blogging lately, but I have been so busy (in my classroom and out). I have been working on the new Language Arts curriculum for the district to align with the Common Core Standards, and let me tell you- it was crazy! There are a million changes that our district had to make and it is a lot more rigorous than our former curiculum.  Anywho, that took up a lot of my time.  I was still able to manage some time in the classroom and have gotten a great deal of my de-cluttering finished. Woo hoo!

      I was very excited to get to my blog today (I'm actually sitting in my classroom) because I have finished some bigger projects that I wanted to share. First, I cleaned out ALL of my classroom closets and rearranged different areas of my class.  Trust me, this was no simple task!  Some things have been in them since my third grade teacher worked here (BTW I teach in the very classroom that I sat in for third grade). I even moved my word wall so that students have better access to the words.

Then, I covered all of my bulletin boards with fabric. I picked up some 200 thread count, twin size sheets from Walmart for $5 each. One sheet covers just about 8 feet (or in my case, 2 bulletin boards).

* It drives me crazy that the doors on this BB are misaligned!!

My writing area is still not complete.  The boards are done, but I am waiting for some of my orders to come in before I can finish the setup for the students supply area.  You can see that some of the supplies are ready to go!








My next project is my favorite! I made an awning for my CAFE board.  I used striped fabric (which happens to match my BB colors) and some pvc pipe.  I used flag holder brackets to attach the pvc to the wall.  This is by far the coolest area of my room now.








Finally, my last project was making a hanging file that I saw on Pinterest.  It was really easy to make- just some file folders and duct tape!

      Now I just have to finish cleaning up the random stuff that was in my cabinets and other boxes. Then its on to the task of preparing for the start of the school year and incoming students!   I hope everyone else's summer is going well! Until next time...