Here are some pictures:
The board area. My college's motto was Christ Above All. What a great reminder to see every day while I teach and hopefully to the kids as they learn more about their Creator.
The discipline system of the school uses tallies or "reminders". HOW I ACT stands for:
- Hullabaloo, Out of order, Work not in, Intentional disobedience, Attitude lacking, Compassion lacking, Talking
- There are purple tallies for "plus" tallies to give to reward good behavior.
My door area: "Adventure's Out There!" Great quote from one of my favorite Pixar movies. (Can you name it??)
I got a computer today!! So excited! And I have TWO file cabinets. Not sure what to do with both of them...but I'm sure they will fill up quickly. The fish net will be used to paper clip student art work to. The Kenyan family I lived with for two months (at a children's home outside of Nairobi: homes4children.org) had a fishing net that they used for this purpose. Thought it would work well in the classroom. :)
Cubbies stocked with books for each student!! YAY! This took a while today...going through all the textbooks, numbering them, etc. But I'm so happy it is done. :)
And under my board I put this as a good reminder of where to stay grounded in life and in all the subjects we study together.
Now, let the organizing begin!
It looks very nice. I loved teaching at a christian school. You were able to weave Christ into everything you taught. Now I have to be a little more careful how I weave it, but I still do! Good luck this year.
ReplyDeleteA very Cute classroom!Especially I loved the fish net!You'd better have a close-up photo of it!It's a very practical and new idea!
ReplyDeleteGood luck in the new year
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When do the kids arrive? Some schools here have already started, but others are waiting till next week--when does yours begin?
ReplyDeleteLOVE the fishnet idea!
ReplyDeleteI love the HOW I ACT acronym. Can I use that for my homeschool? Thanks for posting! I have loved reading all your posts!
ReplyDeleteThe HOW I ACT acronym is not original to me - the school came up with it I believe and have been using it for several years. I'm sure you could use it in your homeschool though!! :)
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