Back to School Time

I have been busy the past two weeks working in my classroom to get it ready for the first day of school this coming Monday. This might sound crazy, but I actually enjoy getting my room ready. I love decorating and organizing my room and getting it all ready for the new school year. We moved to another building this summer and our old school building has been bulldozed and they are beginning to build our new one. When we move in the new building I plan on buying new stuff to decorate with and coming up with a theme (I am thinking animal print and a jungle theme maybe), but for now I kept all my old decorations.

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This door leads to Robyn's room next door. I love these signs I found at Mannings..the yellow one says, "Kids at Work"

This is what is on each student's desk for the first day...a packet for their parents with paperwork to sign, a pencil, name tag, bookmark, crayons, and a fun packet to begin working on.

A closer look at the bookmark because I think it is so adorable :)

I found this fabric for $1.50 a yard at Wal-Mart and my Mom helped me make these curtains. I was so excited when I found this fabric because they are white with numbers all over them and I am going to be the fourth grade math teacher this year so they were perfect! Last year we were self-contained and taught all subjects to our own classes, but this year we are going to be departmentalized so each teacher is going to teach one subject and the students will switch classes. Math is my favorite subject, but I am going to miss teaching everything.

Our Class Plant

My cousin is going to make us shirts this year with this bling on them...isn't it so cute!
I saw a t-shirt the other day that said,"You don't scare me..I teach!" and I laughed because that is so true :) I also saw another one that said, "Queen of My Classroom" and I would have bought that one if it was in my size :)

I know this year is going to be a great year and I am ready to start school tomorrow! My mom showed me this scripture the other day and I have been praying it over my students...

"My students will love instruction and their hearts will not despise correction. My students will obey the voice of their teachers. My students will incline their ears to those that instruct them." Proverbs 5:12-13