Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Let's Talk About Me & Classroom Digs

 
Hooray for Teacher Week! This is my favorite week of the year :) Thanks for hoppin by!
This is a combined post for Monday {Meet the Teacher} and Tuesday {Classroom Digs}. Enjoy!
 
 
1. I looooove to organize! My team always pokes fun at me for being so organized (but hey... who is it that finds that piece of paper from that meeting that was super important?! ME!). They NEED me! :) Organizing with baskets and spreadsheets and labels and everything in it's place just makes my brain function better. I can't think clearly when things are a mess!
 
2. I am a Scorpio through and through, good and bad. Determined, poised, loyal, ambitious, intuitive, jealous, controlling, sensitive... yup! God love my husband for putting up with me!
 
3. Dedicated to teaching- 'nuff said!
 
4. My niece just takes my breath away. She is amazingly wonderful and I love getting to know her and watching her grow.
 
5. I literally miss my dogs while I'm at work as if they were humans. I can't get enough of how happy they are to see me when I get home. It's a wonderful feeling to have someone that happy to see you every.single.time.
 
6. I have a zillion purses and love buying them! My motto is that you can still carry a purse even if you are a little fat that day. :) No squeezing into a purse!
 
7. I am so introverted it's crazy. My hubs has to pull me out of the house sometimes. I totally re-energize from being alone and a big social situation kind of stresses me out (so all of you that are coming to the North Texas Meet-Up, know how much I want to meet you for me to PLAN the dang thing! LOL)
 
8. I am the most loyal friend you'll ever have.... until you betray me! Then we're done. That's the Scorpio in me!
 
9. I am sooo picky about food. Sometimes it is really a pain! I've branched out a ton since marrying my husband, but I'm still not a fan of vegetables or anything weird.
 
10. Mr. Thompson is my BEST FRIEND! I love spending time with him and I love our little family :)
 
11. I can not WAIT to have a baby! We have to wait until hubs is out of school and has a paycheck coming in, so my niece is a great fill-in... but I seriously can't wait to be a mom! It's going to be the most amazing thing.
 
12. I'm the technology guru for my family and friends and I love it! Technology is so fun. Sometimes I'll be sitting on the couch and have my laptop in front of me, my phone in my hand, and my iPad next me. It's ridic! :)
 
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Here are my DiGS for the 2013-2014 School Year. You got LUCKY because I just finished with things this evening. Our Meet the Teacher isn't until NEXT Thursday so I am done wayyy early. I get to enjoy another week of summer! :)
 
I still have to add a few labels to things and of course everything that will have student names on it.
 
 View from the door
 
 

 
 Going to the right: computer table, lunch count board,  and objectives board (updated)
click HERE to visit my TpT store to check out my objectives cards for the 1st grade TEKS
 
 
My FAVORITE part... the library! It makes my heart skip a beat when I look at it!
 
 
(book bucket labels made by me)
 
Student work display board (still need to add names and clothespins)
 
 
 
Word Wall
 
 
Book boxes
 
Extra Supplies for students to get as needed
 (chevron labels made by me) 
 
Word Work Station (post coming soon to explain more about how I do WW in my classroom)
 
 
Teacher area
 
Love my pennant banner and my tissue poms!
 
 
The FABULOUS curtains my aunt made :)
 
Reading nook
 
Letter/blend magnets and big books
 
Whole group area- check out my awesome step that hubby made for my Promethean Board!
I still need to put something on that bulletin board. Any ideas?
 
Calendar/Math bulletin board
 
BUILD buckets- to learn more, visit this post from October 2011
 (chevron BUILD posters found here)
 
Math buckets (complete with labels!)
 
 
 
View from my desk
 
To get my Goodie Bag Pack, click here
(Poem written by me)
 

(Meet the Teacher Sheets found here)

 
Treats for inside the goodie bags
 
Another prize (I also included a pencil, an eraser, and a bookmark)
 
 
Well, thanks for stopping by my blog!
I hope you got something to help you in your classroom! :)
 
P.S. Don't forget to join my summer recap linky party. There is a giveaway involved! :)
 
Happy teaching!
 
 

4 comments:

  1. So pretty! It looks organized and ready to go...the step below your board is genius. You go enjoy the rest of your summer, girl!

    Amy
    What Happens in First Grade

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  2. Love your Build Buckets! Everything matches so perfectly in your room!

    Melissa
    Today In First Grade

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  3. Your room is beautiful! Well done!

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  4. Looks so good! Such hard work and dedication!

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