It's coming along...

So my classroom is coming along, little by little :)

I am really excited about how a few things are turning out, so I wanted to share them with you. 

I can't wait to see what you all think about things so far. I REALLY can't wait to show you my WHOLE room next week...when I am finished...haha... Will that ever happen?

Keep scrolling and you will eventually find a FREEBIE!

First project...
Find this project HERE on TpT

So calendars are a HUGE part of my life. I always have to see everything important for the month. I love for the kids to have the opportunity to see that, as well. Rather than the little calendar I had in my classroom last year, I wanted to make a giant one that we can write on and add important events to! 

I turned my whiteboard on the side of my room (kind of in a weird spot) into a calendar!! 

Yay!

I used electrical tape to make the 7 x 7 inch squares. It was a really 'rough' measurement...I did not really have any thing to work with to help me make sure it was measured correctly or lined up straight! I had to keep stepping back to see if things looked straight or not..

but that is what is great about electrical tape on a white board - 

you can just take it off and stick it down again.

You can see on the side of the board that there are all kinds of labels you can use monthly (things like no school, assembly, field trip, project due, test today, etc.) All of my actual holidays (like St. Patrick's Day, Labor Day, etc) are in the individual baggies with the letters for that month. The banner on the top was made with ribbon and clothespins. I decided to just clothespin the letters so that each month it will be SUPER easy to change out the letters! :)

I used magnetic sheeting by cutting it up into little pieces and hot gluing it to the backs of the labels. I hardly had to use any magnet for each label - the magnetic sheeting was really strong :) but easy to cut, so I could just use normal scissors. That was nice !

You can see below the brand of magnetic sheeting I used...I have NO idea where it came from because it was actually an item left in the classroom from the teacher who had that room before me! I am glad I saved it because it sure was useful today !! 

Second project...

The next part of my room that I am loving so far is the front white board. I use my Smart Board for anything I write during class, so my white board becomes something like a bulletin board. I find different uses for it all of the time! So above the white board you can see my "We Love Fifth Grade" banner, which I actually plan on moving up since I have added in the letters. The Math Alphabet letters are FREE on my TpT store! I am obsessed with how much color they have added to my room! I am really pleased with how great they turned out. 

Last year I always had to repeat the supplies that the students would need for the lesson a couple of times. I have quite a few Special Ed. students coming up to my class this coming year, and I feel like visuals will be a really great thing for them. I decided that the visuals will help ALL of my students, and myself, because I wont have to repeat myself and it makes it super easy for them! :) Now we will all be happy! I will just move out the different pictures that they need to have out, and they can look up to the board and see what to get. Normally, these pictures will be hidden behind the smart board (there is a large gap back there!) so they wont be confused about what to have out. I turned these into magnets with the same magnetic sheeting I used for my calendar board.

The "Must do", "May do", and "Homework" labels were also turned into magnets. I am excited about how much better these ones look than the ones I had last year....

I have a feeling this will tie into the 7 habits really nicely, too! Gotta put first things first before we can synergize!

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Third project...

My "how we get home" chart was my next project! I LOVE visuals! This is a great visual.

(Especially when a sub is in the room and needs a quick way to check 

that everyone is going home the right way)

Of course, it is in my rainbow theme.... 

Fourth project...

Not actually a project... haha !! 

Just something I am really excited about - 

A GREAT FIND AT THE TARGET DOLLAR SECTION ! 

I have so much trouble finding items in ALL of the 6 colors of the rainbow... there is ALWAYS one color missing here or there. I HATE it! When I saw these from afar I basically RAN to them...counting over and over in my head to make sure I was actually seeing the 6 different colors.

:) How exciting ??!!!!???!! :) 

To be honest, I did not even know what they were going to be used for when I bought them; however, I have figured it out! I will keep their weekly folders in there until they go home each Wednesday. That way, they are not one, huge, messy pile... AND, the students can take more responsibility by handling the folders for their group (bin is matching their group color).

I hope you like my room so far :)

I am super glad that things are finally coming together! 

I can't wait until it is complete and I can take pictures of the whole room for you all !!! 

Happy classroom-decorating everyone !

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