Classroom Catastrophe!

I am going to try my hardest to actually remember to blog! I figured starting in the summer would get me used to the idea. I originally planned to spend my whole summer getting ready for my first year of teaching - instead it seems like the days and just slipping away faster and faster! I feel like I have hardly gotten anything done. I have been garage sale hopping for books and any other supplies I might need! I have found some great deals and generous people!

 

Garage Sale Score! SO many people are generous on book prices at garage sales when they know you are buying for a classroom :) One man let me take all the books he had for free! I also got these awesome drawers for $10! I cant decide what to use them for there are so many options. I think I will use one set to keep weekly plans and supplies in and the other for centers.

I finally decided on a color scheme and bought the majority of my supplies. Its all coming together, but I have so much work to do! The majority of my problems will be organization (and making decisions based on organization - do I want to do centers with drawers? or bins? or buckets? will the supplies be out? or in the closet? or in drawers? where will students put unfinished work? AH! Then I get so anxious that I decide that I'll think about it later). Hello procrastination! I also went ahead and laminated everything I bought. Since I am a new teacher, everything is new. It was a long process to cut everything out. Thankfully I had a friend to help!!

I found some cute calendar templates on TPT and decided to edit them a little bit. I created a quiet please sign to hang on the door while the class is testing. I cannot give credit to where I saw this idea because it was a while ago - if this was your idea...I love it! Let me know and I'll happily give you credit. I am new to blog world so I never knew to remember where I saw the ideas in case I used them later. I also got the idea for a student note binder. This is where I will store all of the sweet notes and drawings from the kids that I feel too guilty to throw away but no longer have any desk space to hang. This will sit out so that the kids can look through it if they want to.

As far as design goes, I went with the dots on turquoise pattern. I cant even begin to describe how very "me" this is. I also found some great chevron border and I am making chevron curtains. 

My sister and I have also been working on some tissue paper pom poms and a flagged banner to hang from the ceiling in both of our classrooms. I know I need to spend less time on the cutsey stuff and more time on the important things but I just cant help it! I am too excited to decorate :) 

I am putting this in writing so I hold myself accountable to get it done. I WILL GO TO SCHOOL AT LEAST 4 DAYS NEXT WEEK and REALLY WORK on getting my classroom in order! 15 days until PRE-PLANNING! Countdown is on!