Slowly coming along

I am super excited about these two new additions to my classroom!

I love the idea of a "Take a Break" center. I got this awesome idea and packet from TPT after reading this article: Why I Will Never Use a Behavior chart again

I can't wait to try out this center in my classroom and focus on the positives this year! 

I love Classroom Dojo!! This year in addition to using Classroom Dojo on my smart-board, I decided I wanted to have a visual goal for the kids when earning points. Each student moves up levels when they earn points. At each level they have an opportunity for a reward ticket (lunch with a friend, sit in the teacher's chair, etc.) Once everyone makes it to Level 100 we will have a class party to celebrate and everyone will reset back to 0.

This fun idea was inspiration from Secondgradealicious.

Let's try this again...

Well, it is now my third year teaching First Grade! :)  And I actually have 2 full weeks to set up my classroom this year!! I am so pumped that I actually spent the last two days getting lots of work done. As I lugged my materials through the hallway one of the summer maintenance employee's commented "Ya know you still have two more weeks." Yes I know, I am an overachiever.

Here are some "Before" shots:

My first year of teaching, I was hired the week before school started. So I had to find a place to live, move my whole life AND set up a classroom the week before school. Last year, they were still putting the finishing touches on renovating our school, so I had yet again just one week to unpack and set it all up perfectly. (I am a TPTaholic and obsessed with Pinterest so of course this took a lot of time to make it up to my standards.) So I am taking full advantage of my 2 weeks this year!! I am so excited to post the final pictures when I get finished!

Cheers!