A Teacher's Journey in Second Grade

So I heard about Planbook.com and I decided to try it out.  They have a free 30 day trial.  The cost after the 30 day trial is only $9.95 for the year.  I love how it color codes my schedule and I can let others view my plans with a link.

Ok, so I haven't been on here for a while because I have been unpacking and setting up my classroom.  The first day of school was last week.  Today, I decided I needed new labels for the baskets in my classroom.  If the clipart belongs to you, let me know and I will give you credit.  This is what I have made so far.  I plan to print them out on cardstock and laminate.

Basket Labels

Summer is almost over.  I have one more week before I officially return to work.  I went to work on my classroom two days this week.  I wanted to go back, but they are waxing the halls.  Since I have moved to a different school, I have tons of things to unpack and organize.  I have been looking at classroom pictures on ProTeacher for hours now.  I am so jealous of some of the really great classrooms out there.  I have found several ideas that I am definitely going to use.  One teacher had a homework hang out.  For this area, she had several of those pocket charts for folders.  What I take from her photo is that the students insert their homework sheet only in their pocket.  Every pocket had a number and the homework could then easily be checked off on a check sheet.  It's a lot faster way to check homework off than what I have been doing.  Some days I get so busy that I forget to even check the homework folders.  This is an area that I need to improve on. 

So here is the link to Ms. Noble's wonderful classroom:  http://msnoblesclass.shutterfly.com/