Five years ago today my mother lost her very, very long battle with breast cancer.  She never complained and was honestly the bravest person I ever met right up until the moment she closed her eyes.  I share this with everyone today to remind you to get checked every year.  Early prevention can safe your life! 

I miss you everyday day Mom and cherish every memory we shared as a family XOXOXOXO

Well it has been a long week getting ready for back to school.  I am happy to say that my room is 98% ready.  I still have a few things left to finish up but nothing major.  We have teacher in-services on Tuesday and Wednesday so I will have sometime to finish up before the kids start on Thursday.     I took lots of pictures to share...and left my camera at school.  I will have to post them next week when I can get my camera back.

In honor of all the hardworking teachers out there I am having a Labor Day Sale in my TPT store.  All items are 20% off.  Enjoy the long weekend!!

Now I would like to share my new Classroom Community Jobs Board.  For the past few years I had changed how I assigned classroom jobs but I was not really happy with it.  This year I'm going back to my old way of assigning every child a job each week.  I made new cards with additional jobs.  You can see velcro dots in the center which I will use to place their photo each week.

You can find these cards in my TPT store.  The packet includes 32 job cards in two different styles.  The second set of cards are smaller and can be used in a pocket chart or magnetic board. 

The children are always so excited to find out their jobs for the week and I didn't like the faces of those who didn't have one when I changed my routine.  I really stress the importance of community and working together and this is going to be a great way to get every child involved!!

I have been very busy the past few days getting my room ready.  I started taking pictures today to share my classroom with you.  Here is my hall bulletin board with my new scrunchy border.  This was another great idea from Pinterest!  Thank you to Laura at Peace, Love and First Grade for sharing this great idea!! I have already had a ton of compliments :) 

The bulletin board has large picture frames that I made for the students out of construction paper.  After I cut out the frame shapes I laminated them.  I left the lamination in the center for the illusion of glass.  I only staple the frames in the corner so that I can slide their work in and out of the sides.  I hang name tags with a fancy font and scalloped borders under the frames.   (The black boxes under the pictures frames are to cover up the student names.)

 

Last week I posted about an idea that I found on Pinterest from Maria at Kinder Craze.  She used scrapbook paper to dress up the Sterlite containers that so many of us use in our classrooms.  Here is a look at my new containers.  I'm so happy with them!  Thank you Maria!!!

 



I had lots of fun the past few days in my classroom getting ready for the first day of school.  It is so nice to see everyone and catch up.  I want to share my excitement with you by having a SALE!  Everything in my store is 20% off this weekend.  I hope you can find something helpful to start off  your new school year!!

I have spent the last few days in my classroom getting ready.  I can't wait to finish up and share some pictures of my room!