Coming Together as the Countdown Continues...

The classroom is coming along...the set-up is nearly done:

As per usual, our daily objective & homework board - yay for blue painters' tape!

Kind of decided to do this bulletin board on the fly...but I think it will turn out great - more about how I plan to organize/manage it at a later time...

Students will sign up (alone or in pairs) in each class and share in creating the bulletin board for the previous Sunday's Gospel message. (I'm not so secretly hoping this will increase Mass attendance!)

Maybe a little too much distraction around the crucifix...but, as my partner teacher pointed out, they're closer to Jesus that way!

That's a lot of student birthdays...They definitely brighten the room...

Calendar and bulletin board awaiting some ELA-inspired theme...

Don't know how I feel about starting with "pods," but I'm willing to experiment with just about anything. This will allow me to use those student material boxes and free up some space...

In my humble opinion, the room looks bright and welcoming - I can only hope the students think so too...They come for open house next Friday. Woo hoo!