Mrs. Dramado's Class

Thursday, September 8, 2011

When I first seen this door I fell in love with owls.

I got the idea from Mrs. Lee's Kindergarten Blog.

Our mail center and classroom helper board.

Okay I have a confession to make. I love lots of different ideas.

This is the bulletin board next to the classroom.

Wow so excited I just have to blog about it! I was up early Saturday morning

and visited the Junior League Locker where I picked up a set of 24 folders

and 6 packs of tape for free. The deal of the day was at Office Depot. I got 30 bottles

of Elmer's glue for 30 cent. There was breakfast and a cute little bag full of free

school supplies. This was truly a teacher's appreciation day. It kinda makes all

of the hours I'm spending getting my class back in order , well worth it.

.Next Saturday is teacher appreciation day at Staples.

I finally tried my hand at the crate seats I mentioned in an earlier post. So far so good

I haven't quite decided if I want to put a ribbon on to remove the cushion for

storage. They seem to be pretty easy to get into as is.Here are the pics of two of them.

I have 3 more to go.

Borders is going out of business and has some very

great deals. I couldn't resist the educational discounts. 25% off all educational

materials. I found these really great phonics books for about $4.00

that I've decided I will use in one of my centers.

It has a dry erase marker for the students to use in the book.

I thought I will make some

response sheets for students

to use so that I can document progress. I bought five and

now I have a phonics center.

Our first social studies unit explores the classroom and

school community. I developed a short packet to narrow down

the main topics that need to be discussed.

It helps keep me focused but also leaves me open

to incorporate any new ideas

and activities discovered.

I would love to be able to turn in my lesson plans

typed to my principal. So, I am going to try this one. Hopefully it will

work well.