Surprise! Classroom Set Up // Days 1 & 2 

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Thank you for sharing, it is always comforting to know that I'm not completley alone and these things are totally normal for every first year teacher.

Thank you so much for the words of advice, its hard as a type A coming in and not having everything be perfect, but I'm learning to let go and have been focusing all the energy on my kiddos for sure.

Yess they!! Lots of pretty and colorful things. That's where i plan on doing when i get done with school.

Thank the Lord for that indeed, I am obsessed with it so far.

Thank you so much, the advice means the world. I work on relationship building everyday and am hoping my kids leave this classroom with found memories.

Ah thank you and congrats on the new job lol, what grade?

Thank you so much, yeah the first year is a lot out of pocket to get up and running, the nice thing about the rug is that I will be able to take it with me from class to class, so long as it doesn't get too dirty!

Thank you!

Best of luck to you!!!

Just a question how did you finish school at 15 p.s I’m 10

Ah Kindergarteners are soooo stinking cutie, but very intimidating with how tiny they are.

All in time, thank you so much.

i liked when she went into the marshalls & homegoods cause I literally work at tj maxx

I have survived three weeks, and yes college only prepares you for so much. Which is crazy!

Ahhhhh I had to get a sweet fourth grade teacher to come back to the school with a key and let me in!

Yes we work with a curriculum which guides you on which topics to teach.The curriculum has objectives for each lesson so it's not confusing .

I am using Lucy and I definitely can upload something on it because it can be intimidating, but its actually decently easy to implement.

A semester of full time student teaching with other observations earlier in my college career.

Marie Davis I start on Monday too!

Daijah Cimone' Pinnick I just left my meeting! I’ll be at pre-k and 6th grade for 7 weeks each.

I just passed all of my ec-6 on the first try! I used 240tutoring for $40 a month for about 3 months, but I’d say it was worth it!

Halle Knox I have heard it’s good and I have heard it’s not because basically you’re memorizing the information. Maybe I will go ahead and get that! I know some of my friends have already failed the certification test multiple times 😬

Marie Davis I was really nervous to get my scores! Sooo much info is covered, I think it’s hard to actually prepare for the content. But the practice tests help you get used to the way the questions are asked on the real thing, which I think is what helped me the most!

Another teacher had to come unlock the gate

The students were with their original teacher (now my with teacher) so they weren't technically in my class quite yet.

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Pam Diaz Love that!!

Target! but i ended up getting pencil boxes at walmart

A lot of times, first year teachers will be given items and resources from other teachers. They may be retiring or just decluttering. This way, newbie teachers can have a good head start on their classroom. :) But buying most everything out of pocket is usually expected.

@@hannahfrasier8600 What if you start the school year with no decorations? Will that be weird? Has anyone done it before where you kind of decorate the room as the year goes on?

Nicolas Gonzalez well, I can really only speak as a new secondary teacher, so as for 6-12, I’m sure it’s happened. As long as teachers have materials, routines, procedures, that kind of stuff set in place; it’s totally possible to teach in a naked classroom. Think of college classrooms. However, elementary is different in the fact that younger students need that fun atmosphere with lots of visuals around to serve as reminders and learning prompts. So I’m not sure if a school would let an elementary teacher start with completely nothing. I feel bad for her not being able to set up in the way she wants and was given so little time. Usually decorating is something that teachers have thought about ahead of time but those big pieces like furniture and a rug are bought last minuteish. Teachers definitely decorate through out the year though! Rooms won’t be perfect a lot of the time on the first day.

@@hannahfrasier8600 That's very true. It's interesting how you pointed out the fact that college classrooms mostly have nothing in terms of decorations. But, elementary classrooms need to provide visuals and rules for students. It's an interesting concept though, thinking about an elementary classroom with nothing but chairs and a whiteboard. I wonder what the students response would be to enter into their classroom the first day of school and seeing nothing but chairs and a bare room. How would the dynamics change? But, I also think about long time ago, back in the day, when our parents or grandparents, went to school and classrooms didn't have all these decorations, and seats, and rugs, and posters, etc.... Everyone seems to turn out alright, so is it actually necessary?

Nicolas Gonzalez, most of us teachers walk into an empty classroom. I started my first year teaching years ago on August 25th (that was back when school started later). My classroom was pretty much empty other than a broken pair of scissors and one single pack of paper that had already been opened. I was fresh out of college with no income yet. I borrowed $300 from my daddy to go buy stuff to set up my classroom. Since teachers get paid once a month on a one month delay, I did not get a paycheck until Oct.1st. I brought home $1250 for the month, and took $300 off the top to repay my daddy. Teacher life is tough.