Five for Friday

I have decided to link up with Doodle Bugs Teaching for a Five for Friday linky party!

1. I am finally in my classroom! I went to my classroom for the first time since I was hired back in May yesterday! I was there from 9 am until 3 pm.... and feel like I got nothing accomplished! This is what my room looked like when I went in. When I walked into the clutter and mess, I had no idea where to begin. I felt like my whole game plan of the day had to change. So I decided to just cover the chalkboards and put up borders as my first step while I thought about what to do with this mess of a room.

2. At the end of the day, I did feel a little bit better. My room had definitley trasnformed in the 5 hours I worked, and I am ready to keep going next week! Here are a few before and after pics, and I can't wait to see the final product!

3. Within my district, I have this great merit program called Make and Take. You can go and laminate anything you want, for free! It is completely funded by... I'm not sure who it is funded by, but all I know is that it is great and I spent 3 hours in there today! Along with lamination they have endless supplies of construction paper and card stock, you can create letters with the letter presses ( I forget what they are called) and you can print pictures onto poster paper to make posters for your classroom! I am in love! After laminating and creating, I really didn't want to stay there and cut everything up, so I decided to just bring it home to my kitchen table!

4. I have come to the conclusion I need an SUV. This is what my car looked like yesterday when lugging all my stuff to school..

5. I am very proud of myself that I am currently staying in on this lovely friday night to finish up my first month of lesson plans! I am almost finished, minus this little break to blog :)