Super Classroom: 2016-2017

Hey yall!

I'm not sure about you, but we are officially back in the swing of things at school. This is week 3 and we are FINALLY ready to dig into some meaningful learning! Every year, I forget how difficult it is to set those routines and expectations. I wonder just why don't they get it! 

But then, after 2 full weeks of practicing, practicing, practicing, we were ready to finally start some station/small group work today. And let me tell you....these kids blew me away!!!

My teacher heart was just bursting with pride with how well they did today. 

Seriously, you guys!

Since we are finally in the swing of things, I figured it's time to show you are space!

Last year, the whole 3rd grade team decided to go with a superhero theme. Since I have a huge navy wall and red cabinets, my choice was of course....Superman!

So here it is, my Superman themed classroom:

Room 112. The "Welcome" banner can be found in my Superheroes pack.

Superman sign from Hobby Lobby.

This area houses our sink, tissues, hand sanitizer, clipboards, crayons, pencil sharpener, turn-in basket, and extra copies.

Classroom jobs can be found in my Superheroes pack.
"I Am Done!" sign from First Grade Fancy

Our writing board, reading buddies, standing table, and station cart.

The station cart holds all of our stations. The basket on top is housed with dry erase markers, erasers, and cleaner

This is where we house extra supplies.

Another close up of our writing board!
Writing board from Chrissy Beltran
Punctuation posters from One Fab Teacher
Writing pencil from The Teacher Wife
Pencil banner from Target
Stools from Target
Reading buddies from Kohls
Alphabet line from my Superheroes pack

This is where my students turn in their homework and where I stuff papers that need to go home.
Parts of speech posters from Middle Grades Maven
Notebook paper banner from Target

I snagged these headphones from WalMart...only $7 a piece, yall!

Our Kindle station and chapter book library. We currently have 6 Kindles...I would like at least 4 more!

Our computer station. They are old and don't always work...fingers crossed for new computers this year!
We are the lions, so ROAR is our school motto.

Our picture book and audio book library.
EEKK sign from Rachel Lamb
Big Books sign from Rachel Lamb

Yes, I put a couch in my classroom! I bought new couches for my home this Spring, and I had this love seat just taking up space in my office. I figured it would get much more use here at school. And...I was right!

Our small group table. The bulletin boards will hold anchor charts and vocabulary cards.

Love my vinyl! But thinking I need to add a little Superman above the words...

My desk area

Love my little space!
Supply holder from IKEA
Ceramic pencil from Target

My desk wouldn't be complete without a pic of my beloved late husband.
And I absolutely LOVE this quote from Deanna!

This houses my Elmo, printer, other important papers, and of course, pictures of some previous classes.

Homeworkopoly board from Joey Udovich
Hand signs from Rachel Lamb
No-name sign from Target
Schedule cards coming soon to my store!

This is our lunch choice area.
Reading comprehension posters from Lyndsey Kuster {no longer available}

Cubbies an book boxes.
White book boxes from IKEA
Reading genres posters from the tattooed teacher

Still need to pick up some gumballs for my machine!
Birthday signs from my store

Calendar from my Superheroes pack

  

 These it is, folks! My little slice of heaven for the year.

All of those superhero words you see hanging around the room are from Oriental Trading.

I have a few more finishing touches to add here and there, but overall I am loving our space!

Happy school year, friends!

Teacher Week: Where

Hey yall!

 

Now that you know who I am, let's talk about where I teach.

Technically, I should have posted this yesterday but...it just wasn't happening friends!

 

This is going to be a HUGE post, so just get ready.

Lots of pictures heading your way!

Hopefully you're all visual learners like myself :)

 

 

I've shared this picture before, but here is the outside of my door.

 

 

Except for that desk...that's gone.

 

Here is the view of the classroom from just inside our door:

 

Looking to the right

Looking to the left

Let's go right and work our way around the room.

 

Immediately to the right of the door, you'll find a supply cabinet and our sink area.

This is where I have a ton of things stored.

 {PTL for storage!}

 

Our classroom jobs {these are from my Peacock Classroom Décor pack} and early finishers board {these are from First Grade Fancy and can be found here}

 

Bully signs from Lyndsey over at A Year of Many Firsts and can be snagged here

 

I thought these darn red cabinets would really bother me, but they actually don't that much.

I did buy some navy fabric to cover them with, but that hasn't happened yet.

It's still folded in the backseat of my car...

 

To the left of our sink area is our writing station. This area is still a work in progress, because I have to make room for Chrissy's amazing Writing Inspiration Station. I cannot wait to get it up!!!

 

 

The parts of speech posters are from Middle Grades Maven and can be picked up here.

 

 

I'm thinking I am going to condense this word wall a bit, so I can make half of this board the Writing Inspiration Station.

 

 

We are a PBIS school, so we have school-wide rules that we all follow.

Because we are the Lewiston Lions, are rules are ROAR.

I put these on the door to our bathroom.

 

 

To the left of the bathroom is our technology station.

Yes, we only have 1 computer {sadsville!}, but I'm hoping to get at least 1 more this year.

Also, do you notice that listening station?

We've got to get that updated into the 21st century! I sense a Donor's Choose project in our near future...bring on the iPods!

 

 

 

Above our technology station is our calendar and some punctuation posters.

These are from One Fab Teacher and you can snag them here

The calendar can be found in my Peacock Décor set.

 



 

On the other side of the technology station is our library. I tried to make this area cozy, but it needs a little more work.

 

Subway posters are from Hope King and can be purchased here

 

Let me tell you about those navy rugs. Our awesome PTA gave each teacher a gift card to Wal-Mart. I just knew I was going to buy a rug for this area. I couldn't really find a large one that I really liked or wasn't super expensive, though. So I found these small navy rugs for like $15 a piece. Grabbed two of them and went to tape them together....but do you SEE the problem???

 

Yes, even though these rugs are supposedly the same size, they DON'T MATCH UP!!!!

No, its not driving me crazy or anything...

So now I'm on the hunt for a LARGE, beautiful rug that matches my color scheme.

Holler if you know where I can find one!

 



Love this sign from Rachel Lamb! Get it here

Now that I'm seeing this picture, I'm thinking that pencil poster needs to be moved to our writing station!

 

The pencil sign is from the teacher wife {originally from First Grade Parade}

 The left corner of the room holds my desk and our guided reading table.

I got rid of that huge teacher desk that was in there and replaced it with that glass little beauty in the corner. It's little, but perfect :)

 

I still need some chairs for this table-planning on making a trip to Ikea soon to grab those awesome $4.99 stools!

 

The reading strategies posters are from A Year of Many Firsts. Get 'em here.

This is where we will hang our anchor charts. As you can see, we are slowly implementing the Daily 5. So far, we've learned about Read to Self and Work on Writing.

I gotta tell ya....third grade stamina is rockin'!

 

Please notice that our icharts are not fancy...but they get the job done!

I will eventually replace these with a more permanent reminder, but for now we're rolling with it!

 

 

This board will house our Daily 5 rotation chart. Again, we're not quite there yet...but we will be in another week or so {hopefully}!

 



Daily 5 posters from Lyndsey {can you tell I LOVE her stuff???} and can be found here

Grrrr....I hate all those stinkin' wires!!!!

 Now we're to the front of the room. This area is a little bland. Definitely will be adding more here as well!

 

 

These purple pocket charts are for our weekly spelling words and vocabulary words. I still need to make the vinyl cutouts on my mom's Cricut.

 



Hand signal posters are from Rachel Lamb. Buy them here. Schedule cards are from my Peacock Schedule Cards set.

On the other side of our Smartboard is our birthday posters.

I LOVE this area! It's so bright and cheery.

 

Get the birthday posters here

 

Here are the student cubbies. I have 21 students and 28 cubbies, so the extra cubbies hold our leveled readers.

 

Genre posters from Rachel Lamb. Buy those here.

 These are our book boxes. I just picked up some white cardboard magazine holders from Ikea and let my kiddos decorate them. We'll see how well they hold up!

 

 

And that's it folks! We made it all the way around to the door again. Thanks for checking out our space! Now head over to Blog Hoppin' and catch up on Teacher Week!