All About Me... And a Classroom Tour

Okay, here goes nothing. So as you can tell I haven't invested money in an ADORABLE background, matching graphics, and all the things I wish my blog had. But I want to see if it is worth putting all that into it before I do that and figure out blogging isn't my thing.

 

So for my first entry let my introduce myself:

Me (in blue) My sister (on her wedding day)

• I am a twenty-something year old teacher in my 5th year of teaching.
• I have taught kindergarten, fifth grade, and am now blessed to be in first grade.
• I am a BUCKEYE at heart, but currently reside in Kentucky.
• I work on the same team as my KTIP (intern) mentor and am so blessed to have her as a co-worker and friend.
• I spend too much time on school-stuff but take pride in what I do and feel my time is well spent when I see the outcomes in my classroom.
• I have recently gone through Leader in Me/ 7 Habit Training and feel I have a new outlook on life and a huge challenge in front of me to actually make changes where needed.
• I started my own TPT account as a seller two weeks ago today and have had some ups and downs with that. It was going great but no sales this weekend :(
• I am creative in a scrapbooking, DIY, Pinterest kind of way- but have a sister who is really artistic.
• I can be somewhat OCD with a dash of perfectionism which means I spend WAY too long on things because they aren't perfect and I can't handle it even if no one else can tell.
• I love to slow down and spend time in nature kayaking and scuba diving and have a heart for service and missions.

Enough about me... moving on to my classroom:

Here are some pictures from the 2012-2013 school year I made some changes but don't have picture to prove it... so I will just say 2013-2014 coming soon.
 I love taking tours of other classrooms and getting ideas and can be a bit of a Pinterest junkie... so for those of you who are visual like me- here you go!

 

Ocean/Beach Theme- Blue and Green

 Reading Center/Classroom Library

 Book Buddy Book Shelf and Computer Center

 
 The night before the 100th day of school (balloon activity)
Bigger Picture of the room

 My supply storage centers with listening center

 Math Tub Area- we had games in and out of this all year!

 Just Another View

 My back counter with teacher work station-
 I gave up my desk and haven't looked back!

Student Mailbox Center-and sink area.

 Bookshelf make-over
(A little wood putty, lots of sanding blocks, added a back to it and lots of paint)
(Little Tikes umbrella from yard sale)

 Carpet area, big book holder, and my teacher chair.
(Blessed to have a dad in the office interior market)

 Inside of my door- we can't use the outside... so I decorated the inside!

Another bookshelf redo- a little mod-podge and dollar tree wrapping paper.
Dollar tree bins.
Both shelves are yard sale finds! (2$ big/1$ small)
 
 
Enough for tonight!
I will try to get a Freebie posted this week!
Thanks,
 
JUST MY JOBBIE
(Mallory)