CURRENTLY & SETUP SO FAR

Hi, Friends! Can you believe it’s actually August?  You know what that means! It’s time to link up with Farley at Oh, Boy Fourth Grade for this month’s edition of currently! 

Please, don’t judge me by music choice.  That song is so fun and catchy! I’m not listening to Big Time Rush all by myself.  I do have two little Nickelodeon kids dancing right along to it with me.  {Whooooo hoooo!!!}  Google it, you’ll have it stuck in your head too!

I’ve spent the last few days going back and forth between happy to have my school keys and in Sadsville because my car was slammed into by some nutty maniac paying absolutely NO ATTENTION to where he was going! I’ve had my car, that I still *LOVE*, long enough for it to be all paid for & what do ya know! BAM!!! In pieces….BUT I’m grateful to have walked away without even so much as a scratch and have my fingers crossed that she’ll be all fixed very soon.

{In between pouts, sulks, and many phone calls waiting on hold with claims adjusters…..}This is a little of what I’ve been up to.  I love having those golden keys back in my possession! It’s so funny how we wish for August to pass slowly, but can’t wait to set up our classrooms!

Before we move on to more pictures, please bow your head for a moment of silence.  See those two little bulletin boards lovingly covered with clouds? They’re the ONLY two places in my whole, ENTIRE classroom that I can staple! {Insert, long……..pitiful sigh here.} That’s it.  No more boards.  No cute displays!  That’s a wrap!  I never knew a person could miss something so small, so much.

My little teacher’s desk.  And that’s perfectly fine with me.  The smaller the better.  Who’s got time to sit at it anyway? I’d *LOVE* to get rid of it!

The basic setup. (It will change.) See the rainbow evolving?  Boy, do I love colored bins! Pink, red, yellow, green, blue, purple…..hmmmm!!!  It still needs some tweaking, but you get the picture!

Our magnificent mailbox/cubby combos.  AND do you see them? Huh? Do ya? Do ya? Well, DO YA? The absolutely A-Mazing book boxes that cost…..that cost………(oh!)….{sniff}….single tear….$1!That’s right folks, a whole buck! Now, before you leave and race off to Target, hold your horses and finish reading my post! Ha!

The status of the classroom on Day 2 looked a little more like this.  *LOVE* Lakeshoreity Shore.  My handy dandy easel came in from the garage and is ready for lots of shared writing and big books! Which reminds me…where’s the ledge?  I forgot to attach it!  Thing  #4,762 added to the list of things to do.  Next….

 

AND last, but most certainly not least, there it is in all its splendor! The Literacy Cafe. Opening for business on August 27, 2012! Come get your yummy reading goodness! We’ll be adding mini-clips with our classroom numbers to the Daily 5 signs for rotations. If you’d like to use these headers, click the pic to grab ‘em!

Things are coming right along! Thanks for stopping by today! Be sure to tune in next week. I’ve got some freebies in the works that I wouldn’t want you to miss!  See that little follower number? It’s sooooo close to 400, but my goal is to reach 500 followers BEFORE school starts!

I know, its only a few short weeks away, but I’ve got a little something in mind that I’m hoping will speed up the process! Be sure to check in to see what it will be! 

Okay…now, you can run out to Target before all of those book boxes are gone! See ya later, gator!