My classroom is OFFICIALLY done after over two weeks... see it all in this post!

http://love4thgrade.blogspot.com/2011/08/photos-of-jasztalville-video-coming.html

It is done! DONE! :woot: I am so excited for the new ideas I am incorporating this year, the theme, and so much more. It may be very well the coolest classroom I have put together in eight years. And best of all, I organized everything and rid of 8 bags of trash.

 

It looks great! I love the crate seating!

 

It looks wonderful! I'm sure it was alot of work!

 

It looks great! It is insane how long it takes to get our rooms together! I decided to time certain tasks. It took me 2 1/2 hours just to put the fabric & border on 4 bulletin boards.

 

It took me close to three and a half hours to paint the two blue chairs with primer and then the paint. I understand your sentiments, CMW!

 

Amazement!

 

Looks incredible!

 

Congratulations! Your room is wonderful!!!!!!!!

 

Fun! I can tell you put a lot of time and thought into everything. It looks great!

 

Wow, your classroom is awesome! I wish I was one of your students!

 

Amazing as always!!

 

Thanks, everyone! I believe the kids loved exploring the room this morning when they arrived for Open House. I had 21 out of 22 families come in... so excited!

 

Amazing, seriously! Congrats on all your hard work, your students will benefit greatly!

 

I LOVE your USA bulletin board!!!

 

Proud2Educate: Best piece of fabric I ever bought!

Oh, and here is my VIDEO!!! No narrations this year, but a nice pan around the room. My camera was making strange noises, so I muted that out and added soft music:
http://www.teachingvision.org/videos/flowplayer/2011-2012.html

 

Your room looks great!! Good job!

 

Looks wonderful--I am so jealous of all of your built-in storage.

 

You should put it on Izzy Share!

 

Thanks for the link, Hojalata! I have not looked at it yet, but I love sharing with new individuals. Besides that, I believe the layout is working WONDERFULLY for my class. They have a lot of room and LOVE, love, love (really love) the meeting area. I believe more than half have personally told me that the meeting area is the coolest thing they have seen in a classroom in a long time. The only thing now is the disgusting roach issue (I have seen three this week, one being a MASSIVE roach I could HEAR scuttling)... I pray the hole at the bottom of the wall from last year that I covered up with tape is not causing problems. It makes me sick just thinking about it. It is not just in my room, either.

 

Awesome classroom. I wish I could do something like this in my classroom.

 

Did your school buy your furniture or did you have to buy any of it? I need a few more pieces that my school doesn't have...a table, a stool (for me), and maybe a new bookshelf...I love your "adventure" poster. Where did you get that?

 

I LOVE your travel table and "adventure" poster. Love your room. Any student would love to learn in your room...