Comments are back!

Many thanks to Camile for emailing me to tell me that comments were not working on my blog! Comments have been enabled again!

By the way, Camile is hosting a sweet giveaway on Classroom Confessions specifically for teachers. She is giving away a copy of the indispensible The First Days of School by Harry Wong, a pink tote, and a ton of school supplies. Check out her the giveaway here, and make sure you tell her Aurora sent you!

Spent the afternoon in my classroom unpacking boxes. For some reason the school requires that we take down all decorations and pack our things away; I believe they expect that they will get around to cleaning the walls and desks, but they never do. At this time, my floor has not been waxed, and the counters/desks in my room are as dusty as they were the last day of school. I got my "You Otter Love Computer" bulletin board set up -- it is my favorite because it is (mostly) recycled. I used washed, small salad containers to mimic the keys on a keyboard.

I am making a concious effort to make my room as neat and orderly as possible. I set up a "work station" for the students next to the printer with a pencil sharpener, stapler, and an "inbox". My main problem last year is that the students would print out their assignments, and just leave them on the printer for me to collect. I am going to make it clear to the students that I will NOT grade anything left on the printers. I also purchased PINK (!) 3-drawer carts to store headphones. Each student is required to bring headphones in to use during class. Each class will be designated a labeled drawer to store their headphones. Hopefully it will help to prevent lost headphones.

Tomorrow's projects include putting up bandana curtains and another bulletin board. I will post pictures tomorrow!