Orientation/Classroom Setup Week!

WHAT. A. WEEK!

This Monday kicked off "new teacher orientation" in my district. Four long days of information overload. While the days were long and my brain was fried at the end of each day, I learned some amazing things and was given access to some amazing resources.

In between orientation (which ran 9-3:30 Monday-Thursday) I have been setting up my classroom (with the help of my patient, kind sister! Thanks CMF!). It took about 8+ hours to get my room student ready, but I am sooooo happy with how it has turned out!

Here is a snapshot of some of the bulletin boards in my room:

I am hanging this sign on the outside of my door. Where I currently have "apply your 'self-ie' I am going to put a class picture that I will take on the first day of school. I got the idea from a colleague in my last school who used something similar with her fifth grade class. 

I am so looking forward to meeting my class next week. I have met some co-workers here and there while setting up my classroom and everyone has been extremely welcoming and friendly. I am looking forward to building professional and personal relationships with many of them.

I plan on spending every waking moment of this weekend at my beach club, swimming, going down the water slide, doing stand up paddle in the Long Island Sound, eating, drinking and soaking up one of the last weekends at the beach!

What are you doing for your first day of school? I have a few things on the burners and I have yet to narrow down exactly what I want to do, but I know I better decide soon!