Wordless Wednesday: Students

School starts in less than 20 days for teachers (19 to be exact).  As I set up my room I try picturing all of the new faces that will be sitting on the rug looking back at me, or working around their tables in small groups.  This means I am also trying to decide where to have students sit, never an easy task until you meet them.  So my question for you this week is...

How many students do you have on average?

2014-2015

I had 19 my first year and 17 last year (the photo above).  I have 17 this coming year, and some of the other 1st grade classes have less so I shouldn't be getting any new students.

Wordless Wednesday July 30th

I want to start by saying Happy Birthday Mom! My mom is my hero, inspiration, mentor and best friend. She is who I call when I have exciting news and when I need to vent.

So she is also the inspiration for todays Wordless Wednesday.

The night I got engaged!

Our growing family (2 years ago)

I'm not the only one who loves her!

Her "Girls"

She is one of the biggest reasons I became a teacher. I watched my mom go back to school when my baby sister started Kindergarten, so she could get her Bachelors degree, then Masters and Sixth year. She has been teaching 6th grade since 1999, and before she went back to school she taught pre-school. I can always hear her advice before I even call, but still always call to hear her say it.

So my question for you this week is who is your inspiration, your hero?

Wordless Wednesday- Classroom Prep

There is officially 1 month and 2 days until school starts again.  Between now and then is my 1 year anniversary, at least 1 trip to Cape Cod, a friends wedding and as much time on the boat as we can manage.  So today while my husband was at work and my stepson was at camp, I went in to school. 

In my family there are more teachers than I can remember (at least 8) and a ton of my friends are teachers (and not just the ones I met at school).  Teachers somehow just find each other.  My family laughs that we can be by ourselves out shopping or somewhere random and find the only other teacher in the building.  I'm sure all teachers think this way since it seems to be true.

Linky Party with Miss DeCarbo

So now my question for Wordless Wednesday..

What do you look forward too the most and the least on the first day you go back into your classroom?

I know I look forward to completing a bunch of creative projects I started at home or had planned.  Just before school ended I bought Teal Chevron contact paper from Amazon for my desk.  My teacher desk is all solid wood right out of the 1930's I think.  It was the only one the school could find when I got hired since I was an added class not taking over for someone who retired or left. 

Before

Such small drawers

So dark, but its real wood so I don't want to paint.

After

So pretty, and much lighter!

Tried to cover the handles but they are a weird shape

Now for the part a never look forward too.  I had some tables get ruined over the summer when they were moved out of the room so the floor could be waxed.    

I'm not even sure how this happened or
how to fix it.

It goes across the whole table!

I have 4 tables like this; Yellow, Red,
Green and Blue

All of the corners look like this.

When I saw them I wanted to cry, especially my awesome kidney table that I covered with dry erase contact paper.  The kidney table I think I might have to completely remove the duct tape and contact paper and redo it.  Now I know for next summer to cover it with a tablecloth or something to protect it. My flower tables are only 2 years old!  They were bought just for my classroom since the room use to be a second grade room and they have desks.  Fortunately I saw the custodian and I asked her what she suggested I could cover the corners with (I was thinking Duct tape if I could keep the kids from peeling it).  She was shocked and is calling the company to see if they have a warranty!  Her guess was the high school kids who work for the town cleaning every summer (awesome kids!) tried to roll the tables since they are soooo heavy.

So for those of you who have already gone back, and those of us who are getting ready to, think and let me know...
 What do you look forward too the most and the least on the first day you go back into your classroom?

As a parting thought, I discovered today my dog can roll her tongue.

Kelly

Wordless Wednesday

I'm still new to the blogging world, but I love seeing Wordless Wednesday every week with Miss DeCarbo, so decided to join!

Linky Party with Miss DeCarbo

I started scrolling through all the pictures on my phone to think about what I would want to share and ask, and stumbled on the perfect question.

Link to Postcard exchange I joined

Books I want to Read

Good Sale Price

Product I want to buy

Does anyone else use their phone to take pictures or screen shots of things they want to remember for later?

I find myself doing this all the time then once a week of so I will go back and actually look up the things I took screen shots of.  I especially tend to do this while laying in bed when I don't want to get up to look on the computer, but since I need a new phone I can't really look from there either.

Kelly