School is ON! The Room, the Plan AND the Tools!

School is in session! I have the sweetest little class of one dozen little people. Yes, I said one dozen, 2×6, twelve, as in one dozen eggs, etc. It is so exciting to think about how far this little group can go during their kinder year. I am so thankful.

This year I decided to go with a sports theme for many of the things we use every day. Our name tags, bus tags, journal covers, and outer hall reflect the T.E.A.M. spirit our class will be nurturing all year. We have all seen the “Together Everyone Achieves More” T.E.A.M acronym over the years, and it is as important today as it has ever been.

Here are a few photos from my classroom. I will be displaying student work throughout the year in my classroom, so it is important to keep wall space available. There are two primary areas for sharing work, while other wall space is dedicated to sight words/literacy/calendar.

I am happy to highlight the BIC corporation who graciously sent writing products for us to try. I am already seeing excitement over the variety of writing tools available. Thank you BIC!

Also, do you see the cute foil stars and sports elements around the room? These are from Oriental Trading (the store EVERY teacher should get acquainted with–if you do not already shop there)!

I also want to acknowledge Susanna of Whimsy Workshop. She created the adorable sports figures around the room. My students love their room!

     Our library cushions are chevron covered sofa cushions that I repurposed earlier in the summer.
     The giant calendar is large enough to hold student photos, the date, birthdays and special days.
     Our whole brain rules posters and higher order thinking verb poster is on the right.

Our writing and stamping centers are located just below our alphabet and sight word bulletin
board. This location was chosen for easy reference to letters, names, words and more!

The table skirt is made from a blue vinyl flocked tablecloth cut to fit. The buttons are
assigned seating for small group instruction. No more scramble to a certain seat!

With a few scraps of pvc pipe from our house construction days, hubby made this chart stand. I
lawn furniture paint (for plastic) to make it a sunny yellow! LOVE!

My last entry is a picture of my new baseball scoreboard for our Whole Brain Teaching “whole class” behavior monitoring. I love the scoreboard! check out http://wholebrainteaching.com for more information.

And…if you made it this far, you may like the following freebie 🙂

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Sports-Themed-Desk-Plates-and-Bus-Tags-FREE-1313612

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