2013-14 Classroom Reveal!

I was beyond excited to set up my brand-new 2nd grade classroom this year. A brand-new room, my first time teaching 2nd grade, and FINALLY a permanent full-time position! In the past I'd been a specialist and shared a room with another teacher, so I was never able to really set up my room how I'd like. This year was so liberating because the room is all mine and I could finally create my dream room!

 Welcome to room 12! Come on in!

{Pennant & cute craftivity from A Cupcake for the Teacher}

The view from my door...

{Adorable lanterns from School Girl Style}

{Close-up of a table group - the baskets and cups on the ends were from Dollar Tree!}

The east wall: cubbies (love them!) with my monthly organization on top:

Close-up view:

{Adorable hand-made bunting from Etsy!}

 {Chevron curtains sewn by my lovely mom}

{The organization hidden behind those curtains. Bins from Michael's}

Close-up of my student job display:

On to the south wall: my writing center!

Small group area:

{Super cheap stools from IKEA!}

Word wall and part of my library:

 {Super cute chevron rug from Target!}

Whole group area & math corner:

On to the west wall & my favorite part of the entire room: my class library!

{Fabulous book bins from Really Good Stuff!}

{Keep calm and read on}

And the north wall...

{Chevron floor poufs from Kohl's}

Close-up of my desk:

Student computers, daily schedule, learning targets, clip chart:

Close-up shots of schedule and clip chart:

On right side of door:

{Awesome mail slots from Really Good Stuff}

I hope you enjoyed my 1st annual classroom tour!

My 1st day of school gift to the secretaries:

 {Idea credit Teacher Laura}

My neon-themed gift to the principal and my grade level team:

{Idea credit Surfin' Through Second}

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I am buzzing with excitement because Monday I can FINALLY work in my *brand new* 2nd grade classroom! I've done entirely too much shopping (Target and Amazon will be the death of me!) and lots of prepping at home in the meantime.

I got the idea from one of my favorite 2nd grade blogs, The Second Story Window, to create class notebooks for the writing portion of Daily 5. These are notebooks I will leave out all year for students to add their own stories to, read others' stories, and leave them comments.

    

 The notebooks were 5 for $3 at Target (they have plastic covers and bindings to make them more durable) and I made the labels using these 2x4" shipping labels. You can get the class journal labels HERE for FREE! 

(I had to save them as a PDF, but they should still print out okay onto these labels. I made them with Avery label template 8163 on Microsoft Word)

I also used these labels to organize my school supplies using these adorable boxes from Michael's that were 40% off!

Sorry for the bad lighting - I'd already packed everything into the car. Here's the rest of the mess:

And that's only half of my stuff! I sure have my work cut out for me next week!