CFC Project 2013 - Before Pictures

I'm an avid follower of the Clutter Free Classroom.  In June 2012, I learned I had a 3rd grade teaching position.  I immediately set off in search of classroom ideas.  I stumbled upon the Clutter Free Classroom Blogspot and have been a follower ever since.  Jodi is simply amazing! 

Anyway, let's get back to the reasoning of this post.  One of my personal goes for 2013 is to become more organized both at work in school.  It's time I get some balance in my life.  Most school nights, I don't leave work until after 6:00.  I can count on my hand the amount of times I left work at the close of the day (4:00).  By the time 4:00 rolls around, I'm much too tired to run out of the school doors.  I take that time to sit down for about 20 minutes.  I just need to sit.  Then I proceed to straighten my classroom and prepare for the next day.  This cycle is repeated several times during the week.  As you can imagine, it can leave a person tired and worn out.  It's time to end this cycle!

I've decided to get more organized and join the 2013 Clutter-free Classroom Project!  Our first assignment is to take before pictures.  In yesterday's post I spoke about implementing math workshop into my class routine.  I have the perfect spot, only thing is, it's cluttered mess!  I'm ashamed to even post these pictures!  (smh)  This area doesn't always look like this, I promise!    

 

 

I'm ecstatic to get help from Jodi and read posts from other teachers, who like myself, need help with organizing our classrooms.  So I'm going to focus on this area first.  I can't wait to see the end results!  Until next time!

 

Looking to get better organized, come and join the party!

 

 

Teacher of the Month

Guess who was nominated for Teacher of the Month for the month of December?  That's right, yours truly!  I was truly shocked when I saw my name.  Being named teacher of the month was one of my goals for this school year.  It may not be a big deal to some, but I'm so proud to have achieved this goal.  Some may have questioned, "Why her?"  And to that I say, "Why not?"  #Favor 

Well on to the next goal - implementing math work stations.  You may remember a post I made a few months back about reader's workshop and how I wanted to give it a try in my classroom.  Well, I decided to put it on hold and start with math.  Math, in my opinion, will be much easier to implement than reading.  I haven't given up on reader's workshop.  I plan to devote some time working on it during the summer break.  I believe adding these workshops will help both myself and my students.  Trying to teach to the whole class, can be very frustrating.  So it's time I change things up a bit.  So enter, math workshop!  I'll be sure to let you all know how it turns out.

Have a great weekend!

Happy New Year

Wow!  I can't believe 2012 is gone and it's now 2013.  It is true, as you grow older the years fly by rapidly.  When I was young, I couldn't wait to be an adult.  Now, I just want time to slow down, just a tad bit.  Lol!  Anyway, I'm so grateful to see a new year, 2012 was good to me!  In 2012, I became the first in my family to receive a Master's Degree.  This degree made it possible for me to achieve a long awaited goal of becoming a certified teacher.  Not only did I achieve that goal, I was also blessed with a teaching position soon after.  

I haven't had any major issues in my life that caused major setbacks, and for that, I'm forever grateful to the ONE who holds my tomorrow.  God has been good to me and if he never does another thing, He's done enough!  I pray that your new year be filled with joy, love, peace, and abundant blessings!