And so it begins!

Today, it was overcast and rainy!  One of my team members and friend, Kathy,  decided to come over and get started on some school work!  We actually got quite a bit accomplished.  We started making a list a couple of days ago with things that we needed to get done.  I love LISTS!!  We were able to start checking things off as well.  That is always an accomplishment. 

We are almost done with our locker decor - which is seriously the hardest part of preparation for Open House!  My team member and friend, Kathy is doing "Welcome To My Pack!"  So today we created her crayon box as well as her crayons.  It was a lot of fun! 

I decided that I would do "Poppin' Into 1st Grade"  so I started on my popcorn bucket.  I got the bucket cut out and the stripes glued on.  I am planning on cutting my popcorn tomorrow evening.  I am also going to make those tissue paper pom-poms in white with a hint of yellow to look like popcorn balls on my locker!

We finished up our slideshows for Open House as well.  Just need to put our daily schedule in there, which we don't have yet!  :)   But we will have them soon enough.  We also ordered a few units off of TPT!  LOVE THAT SITE!  I can't wait for us to do the Fun With Firsties Unit by Abby Mullins.  I made a large "Jitter Juice" Cup today and I am going to add the "label" so it is all ready for the First Day! 

I also started working on number cards today, since number sense is such a HUGE part of our first unit and every unit after that.  I really want to hit this part hard but also in a fun way.  So I started making these and I am going to put them up on my wall in my classroom so that my students are able to see them at all times. 

 

I will make the same set for my friend and team member using a different background which will be the same background I used for her wordwall.  She hasn't made her final choice yet.

 I think I like the one with the paisley bunting... but we will see!  I actually think that is the one I added to her slideshow today.  I guess it will just be her Wordwall now, because it is my FAVE!!