Meet the Teacher

Friday night I had my second 'Meet the Teacher' night. I have 17 students and 15 of the 17 showed up. Most of the teachers I spoke with had a great turn out, so that's always a plus. Parent involvement is necessary for children to succeed. 

I have some cuties! One student told me that the classroom I am in was his classroom last year. I felt bad for him that he was in the same room again, but I said "Well it looks different doesn't it? So it's not really the 'same' room, just the same location." And he agreed. Another student asked about the buckets in my room. I'm doing bucket fillers, where students can write nice notes to each other to 'fill up their bucket'. I also sent home a form in my welcome packet so the families can send in a note with their child to 'fill up their bucket'. And another student wanted to know what my bright colored pink and green chairs were for. I have hot pink and green saucer chairs in my room which I use as a reward, where the student can sit in the chair for the entire day (so long as they keep their focus). I have no place to put them, but want to keep them in my room. 

Overall it was a good night. 

Monday I have a professional development training all day long, with a lunch break to a local church who supports my school by donating school supplies. The church hosts us and serves us lunch. Then we pack up the supplies and bring them back with us to the school. Then on Tuesday is a teacher work day, which will be spent lesson planning with my wonderful team! 

Then we greet the kids bright and early on Wednesday. I can't believe another year is starting again. 

I hope as the year goes by I can share ideas that I use in my classroom. Keep checking back. And check out the new pics of my room!

I will keep track of their weekly behavior for PBS days each 9 weeks

I'll have some celebs in my room for sure this year!

Half of my front board - Noise-o-Meter, Champs chart, calendar, and planner

Up close view of the Noise-o-Meter: thanks to someone on Pinterest!

And the Champs chart - I will replace the pictures based upon the activity throughout the day

My daily calendar

I just can't get over my cute buckets!

Donation Table - 20 stars, all but 4 were picked up!

Welcome table

I redid this board to fit all the black squares. I'll be adding stars with students' names.

Welcome bulletin board in the hallway

I rolled out the red carpet for my parents and students!

This board will be changing but I wanted to have some rules up. Can't really see the rules but they are an acronym for the word STAR.

Welcome packet with a goodie bag of Swedish Fish and a pencil

"You are o"fish"ially a 2nd grader!"

Alphabet Line - love the drawings. They're really cute!