Ready or Not...Here They Come

Alright I guess I should start by sharing that this is not an education blog.  It will probably have a ton of education stuff but only because I teach and it kind of consumes my life because I think about it all day long and I stalk ideas on pinterest.

Today was my last day working in my classroom before official start back for teachers which is, oh ya know, tomorrow.  Today I brought in another of my friends as a recruit to help me finish up all my last minute chaos.  Have I mentioned how much I appreciate all the help I got!  Typically I start working in my classroom several weeks before school starts back but since our school was having some renovations I wasn't able to get in my room until last Thursday.

Anyway, today was mostly finishing touches which meant there was a little down time to play around (which you can probably tell from the picture). 

We got all my desks arranged, grade level materials sorted (for 8 teachers), worked on the kids back to school gifts, and played a rousing round of which student desk will be the same size as all the other desks.  That may not sound like an actual activity but I made about 4 trips to the storage room because I kept having Goldilocks and the Three Bear moments: this desk is too short, this desk is too tall, this desk is wobbly, this desk is just right.

Let's back track and revisit my back to school gift for my students:















You are probably wondering what these are.  Well, these little balls of awesomeness are light up bouncy balls.  My mom found these somewhere last year (I have absolutely no idea where but good money is on WalMart).  Anyway, I decided to hang on to them for this year so that my class can "Bounce Into a Bright Year".

 

After working hard the past few days I felt I deserved one of my favorite rewards for dinner: Barbeque Chicken Personal Pizza....oh, and I decided to be nice share with my helper :)