August 10, 2015
 

I have place a large crayon box on one of our back bulletin boards.  You will make the crayons the first week of school to finish this bulletin board.   I also put up a quilt pocket chart.  Each of you will have a pocket to add a piece to our classroom quilt. We will do several projects throughout the year to change our classroom quilt. I also need to finish setting up the listening center activities.

The "Peanuts" Camping  bulletin board says, "Time for Smore Learning!"  I am going to add some smores with names on them.  Do you think you know whose names I will put on the smores? I also need to finish putting out the book baskets for our classroom library. All of the book baskets in the cubbies will go on top of the bookcases.  I am waiting until I get the new curtains for the top windows made and up. I may have to move the bookcases in order to get the ladder close enough to the top windows.

The white baskets  hold our center activities.  I have unpacked them from the tubs and boxes.  The first set of baskets has reading activities and games, the second set of baskets has math activities and games, and the third set of baskets has construction activities. Every day you will be assigned a center or computer activity. I need to add to add the center signs to the baskets.

My desk is almost ready. The blue boxes will hold our Red and Blue folders.  The yellow and orange folder holders will hold our morning meeting folders.  Our lunch choice cards are at the front of the desk.  The stack of books on my desk are new books for our library. I still need to bring in my two lucky bamboo plants.  Two of my daughters gave them to me. Since I generally do not sit at my desk, I use it as a resource/supply area.

I have added  a curtain under our sink.  I use this area for storage. The sets of drawers are for our work papers. This area is also where we keep our pets and science displays.  You can see our cow skull (Snoopy and Charlie Brown are sitting on it.), our snake skin, baby dinosaur model, and lucky fish bowl. There will be another classroom pet here when school starts.

 

The front of our room is almost finished. The blue charts on the left are for assignments and centers.  The calendar chart and other items on the right are for morning meeting activities.  Above the white board is our alphabet and Peanuts' color and number charts. The bookcases under the white boards hold our dictionaries and other books we use during guided reading groups. My husband made the bookcases for me. Do you see the black poster on the wall on the far left?  I found it in my mailbox.  I thought it was a great chart and put it right above our light switch.  Mrs. Warring later told me it was a gift from our new principal, Mrs. Burzanko. I like what it says. If we remember to do all the things on that poster, we will have a wonderful year! You will be able to meet Mrs. Burzanko at Open House on August 20th from 6:00 - 7:00 P.M. During Open House you can visit our classroom and show your parents around the school. You may also bring your school supplies and put them in your desk. I hope you will be able to attend. I would love to meet you and your family.