Well, this is it! The final weekend before I see 18 sweet faces every. single. morning at 7:25! The faces I am so super excited about! The time…not so much! :) I swore my classroom would be done by this point, but it just never happens the way that I plan!
I spent several hours leveling my classroom library…AGAIN! You see, in our school K-2 levels by GR or DRA levels. Well, now that I am a big kid, we must be leveled by Lexile! Being a big kid has it’s challenges! Ha! Here is a look at where I spent some serious time today!
Doesn’t that look like fun?!? I know, I know…you are so jealous!
Along with all of the excitement that comes with leveling books, I was also able to finish up a few projects that I have been working on over the past week! I will do my big classroom reveal on Wednesday for our Blog Hoppin’ Teacher Week! Don’t forget to check that out {every day} next week!
Back to projects…Have I mentioned that I love my Cameo?!?
I used that gem of a machine to create these student book markers! When they pull a book from the classroom library, they will use the marker to hold it’s place so they know where to return the book when they are finished reading! So long hours of reorganizing books! Many thanks to Teri over at A Cupcake for the Teacher for such a wonderful idea!
I also used my Cameo to create my vocabulary bulletin board which will house content words for the week…
and my Brainstorm Board where we place important “action” words that are found in the standards.
That Cameo is something else I tell you!
Ranking right up there with my Cameo is Beth Newingham! Y’all…she is simply amazing! Once I heard that I was moving to third grade, I knew that I had to implement her interactive reading bulletin boards to help build purpose driven readers! So excited about using these with my sweet kiddos each day!
Peer Recommendations
Identifying Themes
Book Awards and Rave Reviews
These interactive boards are all located in our library so that students can use the information when choosing the perfect book!
I managed to squeeze in a few extra minutes to prepare my math centers {early finisher activities} for the month of August and September!
Loving these rock and roll centers!
And finally, a little art work to spice things up in the library!
This was inspired by my amazing student teacher who moved hours away from me! :( I saw pictures of her classroom and loved how she incorporated chalk drawings into her room! So cute! This was the perfect addition to my library and really tied everything together! I will say…artists {which I am NOT} are some amazing people. Drawing with chalk about turned me completely gray!
I can finally say, it is getting there! The final countdown is on…2 days in counting! Have a blessed Sunday, sweet friends!
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