Working in My Classroom and Monday Made It Link Up

Well, I couldn't resist! As soon as we got home from a fun and quick trip to Shreveport, LA, I had to go to school!  I didn't do a whole lot, mostly sat and stared at the room! You know! We all do it.
Our school hosted summer school so we had to pack our rooms up at the end of the year.  Then the cleaning crew came in and cleaned our building just last week....So....it's like starting at square one, as far as class arrangement goes!  This may sound like a "bad" thing, but in all honesty, it's a great thing!- I've learned, change is good! We "officially" report back to work on Friday, so I have all week to prep the room.
This is how it looked when I walked in.....

 

Yes, a lot of work to do, but all with smiles!!!!
Moving on to linking up with Tara from 4th Grade Frolics for Monday Made It!!! I had a short week at home, so I only made a few computer projects that I want to share with you today...

I love the chalkboard feel.  I pintrested some favorite chalkboard fonts, downloaded, and created these encouraging signs.  You will recognize the first three.  I tweaked them a little from Kathryn Stockett's  The Help.  I love these three little phrases because they hold so much meaning!  The last one is a fabulous request and powerful message our principal passed on to us.  She proposed we use the phrase "You Matter" and make it a prominent daily message for our kiddos! -Great idea!

  Here is a closer look at them...

I created them to fit an 8"x10" photo frame. 

 

The second quick project I made was an AR Reader Level Sign for my students to refer to when they check out a book from our classroom library.  I matched the book level colors to our school library and made corresponding labels for the book bins that hold my chapter books.  I also created this one to fit into an 8"x10" standing photo frame.

Okay, so can you tell I was PHOTO FRAME HAPPY this week?  I couldn't resist; I found them on sale!  I created this little sign to fit a 5"x7" standing photo frame. We use the hand sanitizer system of Restroom Passes. Also, the kiddos have to sign out when they leave.  We started having them write the time, as we had unusually frequent restroom breakers. (Imagine that?)  Of course, after they started writing their times down, the frequency decreased! 

We will continue with the Sign Out log this year.

 

Don't forget to hop on over to 4th Grade Frolics to check out all the awesome Monday Make It Linkers.~ I'm now headed out the door to work on my classroom.  Have an awesome and blessed week!