Summertime!

Summer 2013 started with me spending a few days moving 23 years worth of teaching materials from C-3 into C-8. Since then I have been in school several days trying to organize and prepare my new second grade classroom. As of now, I have the basic classroom room arrangement set up (I think!), started painting the coat closet doors, and have sorted the teaching materials into various areas around the room. But there is still SO much more to do. I have also attended a writing workshop which gave me lots of great ideas for the coming year and have read several professional books too. Oh and I have gone shopping for school supplies for my classroom (several times) and signed up for a SEI class that I need to take next school year. I may not have my students in the summer but I never stop being a teacher…even in summer! More photos to follow as the room progresses….

This shows some of the materials I have collected over 23 years of teaching!

This shows some of the materials I have collected over 23 years of teaching!

This will hopefully become our classroom library. I have already bought a new rug and a cool new scanner to organize my HUGE book collection.

This will hopefully become our classroom library.   I have already bought a new rug and a cool new scanner to organize my HUGE book collection.

Luckily we have a long shelf on this wall to hold all these belongings while the custodians worked on the floors.

Luckily we have a long shelf on this wall to hold all the rest of my materials while the custodians worked on the floors.