The One with the Reveal

I did it.  I said goodbye to the owls and chose a new theme for my classroom this year.  I was a little nervous about it because it took me forever to make a decision on a theme.  But I love all my chalkboards and neons and am pleased with how it turned out.

Welcome to my 2014/2015 Classroom.

The view from the door...

Ready for Open House...even though I wont' be there.

I am in OBSESSED with this bulletin board.  I cannot wait to add their pictures from the first day of school and then change that hashtag out throughout the year.  I usually despise bulletin boards.  Last year my board was blank all year.  But I am super happy about this turned out.

This shelf holds supplies for students and is where they will turn in their work.

I bought these solid black panels but they were too short so I extended them with the green fabric.

My space...

Filled with work ready for the first week.

A few special owls got to stick around.  

The view from my desk...

Table Caddies

I think I'm going to add a cushion to my stool.

The front of the room...

My other whiteboard....

That's the full tour.  What do you think?  Think it will make math a little more fun for my students?

The One with the Theme

It's official.

The owls are no longer in my classroom - well most of them are gone.  I had to keep a few favorites.  

The new theme has been decided.

I had originally thought I wanted to do a sports theme, but soon realized that it really isn't me.  I felt very constricted with that theme.  

I like color and lots of it.

I have decided to do chalkboard and neon decor.  I have completely jumped on the chalkboard bandwagon.  I love all things chalkboard.

I am pumped about this theme.  I cannot wait until I can get back in my classroom and start transforming it.

I thought I would share some of my favorite pins that are inspiring this theme.  

Just click on the picture to be taken to the original source.

Do you have a new theme for the upcoming school year?

The One With the New Theme

I know it's only February, but I'm already starting to think about next year.

Don't hate me.  

It's just that I always get bored with my classroom decor around this time and I start to think about what I want to add or change for the next year.  

For the past two years my room has been decorated with owls.  It started with just a few owls and then exploded.  Now they are everywhere.  I had really planned on doing something different this year but since I was changing schools and getting a new group of students I decided to keep the owls.  I already had all of them and they would be new to group of students.

But next year I want to do something different.  I want to pack all the owls up and put them away.  At least for the year.

A few months ago I was searching the internet for something and came across a video of a 6th grade math teacher.  She was amazing and so inspiring.  I wish that I had saved that video or could at least remember what I was searching for that day.

In the video she talked about creating a sense of community and team among her students.  They were all in it together.  

I LOVED IT!

It made me want to do a sports theme in my classroom next year.

I immediately begin searching Pinterest and found some really cute decorating tips.

These are some of my favorites.

Just click on the picture to go to the pin.

There are a ton of really cute ideas out there.  I don't go with the sports theme I will probably choose two or three colors and go with that.