Busy Week and its Friday!

COFFEE!!! Its 2pm and I am just getting my coffee!!! WHAAAAAT! I know I am about to lose it! I could drink coffee all day! I lit some candles on this rainy day just to make it feel like the house is more clean than it really is! ha! Anyone else do that?

JESUS!!! I am trying to read in my "free time". I say this as my shadow sits here next to me while I type with her favorite snack "fishys". 

I am reading For the Love by Jen Hatmaker. I am reading it with my cousin. Our own little book club! I really do love it! She is hilarious and its a fun read! Follow her on all social medias! And one more book...this is a time of my day I simply cherish! We are reading this book for the second time! We read it the first year of our marriage and then again! It is a nice little 1 page read for the end of our day. We get to talk about us and spend a few minutes not talking about our baby or work. It's perfect! 

 

FIRST GRADE! We have been very busy at school in our new space!

Our classroom library will be a shared library. Lots of books and lots of great authors that are part of our weekly author studies. We are still working on making it more cozy but we have a great start! We will also have a shared word wall. Under the word wall we have pockets where students can have access to words that are on the word wall or students names. This is something my teammate Sue has done in her room for years. If a student needs to write a letter to a friend, he or she can go get their name, take it to a space for writing and copy it correctly.

Classroom Library with authors that we spotlight and leveled books where students can book shop.

This space is still a work in progress. I need to figure out that wall! I am hoping to get some funding from our Donors Choose project Wildcats Working Together in 1st Grade! to help with that wall and other spaces. 2 tables will be lowered to crate seating and 3 will be lowered to floor seating! The 2 tables that are against the wall are at standing height. Lots of options!  

So here is our space! I am standing against the wall and looking all the way down. Classroom #3 is down by the windows on the other end by my teammate Sue! :) The left side of the picture is our shared calendar space. Students will run calendar once we are well into our routine. They can reach everything and write on each piece. I love this time of the day! 3 kidney shaped tables (no teacher desk), 4 BIG rugs and lots of flexible seating under way!

We still have lots to organize and put together but we are excited for the transformation so far! I will add more pictures as we go! In the mean time, check out what else I have been up to this week in my TPT store! 

Have a happy weekend and thanks for taking time to read my blog! :)