Now this year I was hired in May and school doesn't start until after Labor Day, so I was ELATED. My plan was to completely kick butt in my classroom all summer long. I planned to come in like 2 or 3 days a week and make insane amounts of progress in order to avoid teaching all day and planning until I fell asleep through November.
Given that I was starting at a new school and in a new grade, I couldn't wait to get into my new room this summer. The previous teacher was out by the third week of June, and I came in right away to start organizing and purging.
This is the room I came into:
This is what I've done with it, 5 weeks later:
Ideally I would have everything put away by now and would be delving into curriculum and unit plans. I would then start making it pretty with bulletin boards and such in late August. However, what am I doing right now? I'm AR leveling my insane amount of children's books for my classroom library (why I chose to start here, I have no idea)!!!
And although it make look like I've done nothing, I feel a need to list what I actually have done (so you don't think I've gone into this seemingly organized room and simply added clutter):
-Purged about 500++ lbs. of outdated teaching materials (hidden behind the sliding marker boards and in every cabinet)
-Organized all curriculum and materials left in the room
-Come up with an overall space plan (although it isn't in action yet)
-Rearranged the computers
-Moved in all of my teaching supplies
-Unpacked almost all of my boxes
-Started leveling books for my classroom library (1/4th of the way done... maybe?)
I'm hoping to get down to nannying just 3 days a week by next week, which will hopefully allow me to show you an at least somewhat more organized 2nd grade classroom by the end of next week.
Note 1: I'm about as type-A as they come, and this unorganized classroom I'm posting for you to criticize is killing me. I'm using it as motivation to make more progress!
Note 2: I know many of you don't care about my classroom progress, but family members ask me about this stuff all the time and like to see pictures!










9 comments:
Can't wait to see how it all turns out! It's gonna be great. :)
What grade do you teach?
What a fun job! What school do you teach at?
Thanks for the update! You're getting there!
I respect teachers so much and all they have to do because I taught briefly and have always worked in the education field. You have made a lot of progress - good work! Keep it up!
Sounds like you've already accomplished a lot! Way to go! I'm sure it will be just perfect by the time the kids show up for the first day at school. You'll have to post updated pictures for us when it's done.
It's going to look great! Can't wait to see :)
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Such a cute classroom! Even though you have a ways to go still I bet it will look great! Cant wait to see your after pics when it is all finished!
Your room is going to look great!! So excited to be your classroom neighbor !!
Glad to see there are still some dedicated teachers out there. You will get your room and planning done and have a fantastic year!
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