Classroom Preview Peek

Last Thursday I had a meet and greet with my new principal.  It was great till I found out I was going back to first grade.  I have been getting ready for 2nd grade and now I'm going  back.  Let's see the plus side, I was there last year!  But I have been planning for 2nd grade all summer, we'll I guess I have some quick planning to do.  We start school August 24th, so I have some time.

Now to my classroom preview peek.  I wanted something new this year so I decided to do a chalkboard theme.  I used Schoolgirl style Chalkboard & Polka Dots Collection and it turned out great. Here are just a couple of my pictures, my room is still a work in progress.  I had training this past week for dyslexia so this is what I did in about two full days.

 The yellow label bins are from my TPT store.  Get them here just print them on color cardstock and your ready to go.

 I found this shoe organizer at a garage sale last year.  I might need to paint it black to match but didn't have time this summer.  The labels are from Target Dollar spot, it was an awesome find and I just a white sharpie to write on them.  I also used the same label on my library to set up it with our schools AR books.

Love my new book boxes from Really Good Stuff.  I know they are a little expensive but should last to make up for the price.
I hope you enjoy the preview of my room.

1st Day of School

Secret Envelope

Can’t wait to try for Back to School.

I saw this in a PD today and know my students would love to do in class.  Not just for the 1^st day, but for the whole year I have some great ideas to use the secret envelope for.  This is a gret way for your students to get to know each other at the beginnig of the year.  You can make and put any questions that you would love to add. I have done some that I will use with my class.  Just print on colored paper cut and put inside envelope.  Add the top secret clip art to the front of your envelope to catch your students attention.

How it works:

·       Put students in groups of 4 or 5 (make sure you have enough questions for everyone to pull one)

·       First student pulls a question from the envelope

·       They read it aloud and answer the question.  Go around the group and everyone else answers the same question

·       Pass the envelope to the next person.  They pull out a question and they read it aloud and answer the question.  Then everyone else answers the same question. 

·       Continued the process of next student pulling question and have them and everyone else answer it.

Attached is some examples of questions you can do.

Other ways to use this would be:

·       Math – Have slips that say “How can you make 10?” First students may say “5+5=10”, 2^nd student may answer “9+1=10” and so on.

·       ELA – Given an examples of a noun? Given an example of a verb? Make a sentence using the noun “boy”

Can’t wait to use this with my class.  Set up your envelopes and just change out your strips on the inside throughout the year.  Visit my TPT store to download it.

Hope you love this!