Tour my Classroom... sort of

One of my favorite parts of August in the blogging world is peeking into everyone's classrooms. I am always in awe. 

I don't even go back into my classroom for a couple weeks. So clearly, I don't have any pictures of my classroom for this year. :( I searched my camera and found a few from last year. Why in the world did I not take more pictures?! I loved my classroom last year! It was so bright and fun. I was so sad to not find a picture of my classroom library. That's my favorite part. I also don't have a picture of my guided reading area. So sad. So... here's a half tour of my room. Remember, my classroom is pretty small. It's also had many birthdays. FYI: These pictures are random and taken throughout the  year. Is that breaking the rules?  I just really wanted to participate in this linky. :)

Here is my little reading corner. I have my CAFE menu, centers, word work stuff, morning message area, and general meeting area.

Here's a close up of my center area. My centers are all on the top in the folders. I post a copy of the student menu above the folders (but they all have their own copy).  I also have word work activities to use during daily 5 and for early finishers.

Here's my calendar area. I love pink. Can you tell?

This is a shot of the front of my room. Oh man that white board is looking pretty dirty. How embarrassing! I need to get some of that smelly white board cleaner stuff. At the front of the room I have my calendar and white board (with my schedule). I wish I had a whole special area for  my calendar and math stuff. Again, not the biggest classroom around. :)

I have this number corner on my magnetic white board. It's not really a corner. I wish! We all squeeze in close.  :)

These pieces are from Growing Kinders

Here is my coat closet. I covered these brown pillars with yellow paper to add a splash of color. The class jobs are all on the pillars. I have to get creative with my space. The jobs are glued onto library pockets with notecards (with one student name) in each. 

I'll post more about my jobs in a post coming soon. :)

That concludes my very minimal classroom tour. I will do better this year I promise! Stay tuned for my 2013 classroom tour at the end of August. 

In the meantime, cruise on over to Class-y Collaboration to tour more classrooms!