Bulletin Boards

I've been able to work in my classroom and my first thing on my to do list: bulletin boards!  I've officially finished all of the bulletin boards in my room (and by finish I mean a background and a boarder).  I decided that fabric was my best bet for my two large boards.  I went with a orange/ pink/ green paisley print for my biggest board.  It turned out a lot brighter after it was up so I calmed it down with a light blue scrunchie boarder.

Orange Board

My next order of business was the smaller board located at the end of my white board.  I got a pretty blue dot and put a navy scrunchie boarder around it.

Distant View

Close- Up

The last of my bulletin board space is on the top of both of my white boards.  It is about a foot wide and very long.  I love Lilly Pulitzer patterns and I found wrapping paper, therefore I purchased enough for my two long bulletin boards (I went with Fan Dance).  After I put it all up it looked too pink so I cut a lime green boarder in half and went to town.

From a Distance

Zoomed view to see the Flamingos

All of my bulletin boards are covered and have made the room look ten times better! They are finished for now, but will soon be full of math and science content. 

Day 2

My mom and I packed up all the school supplies and books I purchased and took them to my classroom.  We went through the old classroom library to put my name on the books and we placed them into baskets.  Th books were previously lined up in the bookcase, but I like for the students to be able to see the books' title page.  I hot glued pink and green ribbon to the baskets to add some color.  I still need to add my books to the collection, but that will have to happen later.  Just his books filled 11 baskets.

Before

After

I also wanted to make curtains for my room to add color and because it makes the students feel more comfortable.  Purchasing the fabric was a task in itself because I am not a good decision maker and there are a lot of different fabrics! In the end I chose a pink and white pattern and my aunt made curtains for my four windows!

Getting the Key to my Classroom!

My dreams have come to life with the opportunity of a lifetime to become a teacher.  After a long job hunt I decided to become apart of the New Albany Floyd County School System in the southern part of Indiana.  I accepted a job as a sixth grade math and science teacher at Highland Hills Middle School.  As a lifelong resident of the Lexington area of Kentucky I've started to pack up my belongings and move to Kentuckiana (aka living in Kentucky and working in Indiana). 

I decided to start a blog to document my first year as a teacher and see the progression of my career.  (Hopefully I will one day have other teacher followers!) I guess to start off I should start with my empty room.  The previous teacher whose room I took over was very generous as to leave me some of his teacher supplies such as his whole classroom library, manipulatives, posters, dry erase boards and markers, etc.  I was extremely lucky that he was willing to leave me his supplies!  Other than his supplies my room is very empty and ready for my crafty decorating skills.  I will soon put my Cricut into action and it will look like the classrooms pinned on Pinterest, well that is the plan at least.

I have attached pictures of my room.  I am fortunate to have a SmartBoard, lots of storage, and white board space (there is a large one on the wall not shown).  Hopefully the next images will be more colorful and child frendly!