A New Start to a New Year

Well summer is over and it is the start of a new school year!  I am very excited about starting this new year with 30 new bright and smiling faces.

Last week I was able to get into the school and set up my classroom.  I was really excited because of Pinterest (aka teacher crack) and had a lot of really fun ideas for the classroom.  I had asked to have new tables ordered versus the old desks that we had last year.  The school also ordered me new chairs which were a lot nicer and really colorful.

Here are some photos around the room and soon it will be filled with more art from the kiddos.

Our carpet area

A view of the board from the back of the room

 Our supplies area/mailbox area

Our Flat Stanley board (so excited for it to get filled with his adventures)

Listening center

Computer center and some of the tables

The back wall which is now our calendar/math area

The back of the classroom

Our new behavior chart (thanks Pinterest)

Our classroom library - thanks for all the donations!

An example of our tables

As a last hurrah before school starts we flew out to Roatan to meet up with Jessica and David Horowitz to enjoy our last weekend of summer.  Tropical Storm Ernesto was in town and caused some really cool lightening strikes.  Luke was a champ and managed to snap a really great photo - even though he took about 2,000 total.

We took them to the two restaurants that everyone has to go to Roatan (Thai food and Gios).  Both were a huge success and Owen was a rock star.  His and aunt and uncle brought him some really cool shades that he rocked on the boat and I think we all appreciated how awesome he looked in them.

School is back and after meeting the kids I am so excited for this year!  I am transitioning from a mostly boy class to one that is mostly girls and I am going to be honest - it is much easier!  Although I have three new kiddos, I am super excited and love how nice all the kids in the class are to each other.  I still have to be a hard ass at the beginning of the year, but I am super excited for all of the fun things that I have planned for them!