Everyday brings a little progress with it. A lot of times, I feel like the progress was actually just papers swirling everywhere across the room, but everything can be cleaned. I've decided it doesn't really matter what it looks like as long as the kids are learning. (I do still try to make it semi-cute though). So here's a peek at a few things!
When the kids come in first thing in the morning, they put their homework folders on either side. "Early Birds" come to school at 8:00 and "Later Gators" join us at 9:15.
This is a work in progress for our morning and afternoon centers. It will get there. Someday. I hope.
This is my organization station, meaning it's SUPPOSED to be. I try to place papers in the bins for each day's activities, but it's a lofty goal. It looks this way the majority of the time.
We have a garden/insect theme in our class, so each table has an insect. This is how we keep track of table points.
And on the other side of the board, we have our schedule because second graders are notorious for thinking that you are going to forget what time recess is or accidentally skip lunch or that you don't know what time to go to music. So this was to eliminate questions, however most of them still as regardless. Gotta love them.
Our voice level chart that we can change stays up at all times. The clip moves and their voices do (should) too.
And last but not least, our library. The grey rug is heaven. We have lots of arguments about who gets to sit where during reading. But at least they want to read…? That's what I've been telling myself.
More to come soon enough! We have Pumpkin Walk this week, which is kind of like a pumpkin patch that our school puts on. It's quite the community affair. We set it all up today and took pictures…you'll want to see it!
