A Week Away...

Well, that time has come. I am a week away from my first "first day of school" from a teacher's prospective. My information was wrong, I am not in a first grade class, but instead in a second grade class. My mentor teacher had looped her students so she has the same kids just a year older. How awesome!! I have been getting everything put together, slowly but surely. The good thing is that I like doing this kind of stuff (getting school supplies & getting myself organized). It's really an escape for me. I recently had to reorganize my whole "teacher closet" in our extra room because I had acquired so many resources. I put everything in categories including student incentives, teacher supplies, resources, student supplies & made sure everything was labeled, of course! 

Then I became inspired to get my desk organized as well. I made sure I had all my binder clips accessible (I love those) and enough pens of various colors available at arms reach. ;) 

And then my favorite part of my new ORGANIZED teacher room: my wall art. I am fortunate enough to have a Cricut. If you don't have one & are going into teaching or love scrapbooking: you HAVE to get one. I like to use vinyl with mine so the cut outs are sticky and don't require any adhesive. It took my mother & I forever to get it straight and centered & just the way I wanted it...I might have been a little OCD with it, but I am super excited about how it turned out. 

I created a schedule for myself on bright paper (of course!) I planned to have one for every week & I will just be able to write in what I have planned & what I have to get done...as teachers we know how things can change on an hourly basis! (That is pictured on the left).

I also created my very first parent letter for my little ones for Open House this week. I am very excited to meet them as well as their parents. I think adding a picture to the letter can add a little something extra as well as a pop of color. I think my excitement for this next week of preparation is apparent and I know that I will grow to love these kids for the next year. BRING IT ON :)


Until Later,
Amanda