My theme for my classroom came from School Girl Style . I loved the bright colors and the birds!! I really like the owls, but I feel like they are kind of over done, so they birds are a fresh take on owls! I have purchased the bird cut outs, birdhouses, word wall letters, and labels so far, and I will probably end up getting more things from her!
Here are my bird houses- I am using them for table numbers!
These are the word wall letters-
I also got my book buckets for my classroom library from the dollar tree this week! They are bright colors and match my theme perfectly! For my book bucket tags, I used the labels I got from School Girl Style and made my own categories with visuals. I am hoping the visuals will help my little first graders to know where to look for their favorite books, and where to put them back when their finished! I will cut and laminate these tags, then punch holes and attach them to my book buckets!
Today I also finished printing my classroom alphabet! I LOVE it!! It is so bright and colorful! It was a Teacher's Pay Teacher's purchase from Cara Carroll's Store . She has the cutest stuff!!
I got an Amazon order this week with all of the books I ordered for the first week of school! I got so many awesome books for teaching expectations and getting my firsties excited about first grade!! They all have fun activities to go with them, and I can't wait to use them in my lesson plans the first week! My favorite has to be First Day Jitters by Julie Danneberg. The story is about a girl who is going to a new school, and she's so nervous for the first day! They don't show her face throughout the entire story until the very end, when they reveal that she's the TEACHER! I think that will be so relevant this year with it being my first year, I'm sure I'll be nervous!!
Last but not least, I cleaned out the dollar section at Target this week! All of their teacher supply stuff came out and I love it!!
I can't wait to get into my classroom Monday!!! It can't come soon enough!! :)
