Bloggy Catsup

...Oops!  I mean catch up!  It has been a while since I last posted - I was kinda busy with school...  As every teacher knows - the beginning of the year is very hectic!  With our first full week under our belts, we are on our way!  I have a super group of eighteen little cuties (11 boys & 7 girls), and am looking forward to another fantastic year.

Now that we are settling into a routine, I will hopefully have more time for other pursuits (such as my blog).  I snapped some pictures of various things last week, so here thery are:

Our Focus Wall.  As a part of the teacher evaluation rubric, we are required to post the learning objectives in a kid friendly way.  Hopefully, this wall will cover it for me. 

I found these cute rule cards on Pinterest.  I was going to make some new signs for my class, but these were already made and very cute!  I taped ribbon to the backs in order to hang them on a 3M hook.

We made these cute Sight Word Watches to help learn the word I.  I purchased both the pre-primer and primer sets so we will be able to make a watch for all of our sight words.

My daughter, Sarah - a new Kinder Teacher, found this cute "David" craft.  It is so exciting that she got a kindergarten position (even if it is in a different district)!

My daughter, Sarah - a new Kinder Teacher, found this cute "David" craft.  It is so exciting that she got a kindergarten position (even if it is in a different district)!

 The bulletin board beneath Davids holds our crayon resist names.  On the first day the Kinders wrote their names with several crayons (I wrote them on the papers with pencil), and then used their water color paints to create one of a kind nameplates.