Classroom In Progress & a Freebie

Well I am linking up with Surfin' Through Second and her classroom theme linky party.  Let's be honest my room is still far from ready for kindergarten kidlets to walk through that door, I was thrilled with myself when I got all of my stuff into cupboards and out of the hallway, moving this year has taken more time than I thought it would.  I have been hauling my three kiddos over to the school for a couple hours after swimming lessons each day trying to make a little progress.  It is amazing how little I can get accomplished with the help of  5, 4, and 2 year olds!  I think we spend more time cleaning up what they get out than getting things up on the walls... it does give me lots of time to sit in my new space and just look around trying to decide what will go where, am I the only one that just sits and looks at the room forever before actually doing anything?!?

I finally have enough done that I at least have something to show you but you should see the ginormous pile of lovliness I just picked up from the District Media Center that still needs to be cut out, laminated, and then hung on my walls... ginormous!  So until I am ready for a complete reveal here is a sneak peak of the work in progress.  My colors are apple green, pink, and turquoise.  I am also a bit partial to dots.  Check it out.

Oh and I mentioned in my previous post how much I LOVE my planbook, so here is a freebie of my two page spread I use.  I teach 2 sessions of kindergarten so it is set up for my am and pm students.  I like to have my guided reading plans (at least a quick outline) right in my planbook.  So one half of my planbook is set up for guided reading and literacy centers.  The other half of my planbook spread is for math, literacy, and content.  We have early release on Friday and I use that time for math rotations (I took that out of the planning pages since most of you will not have early release on Friday).  If you like it but need a couple changes let me know I may be able to tweak it for your needs.  Just click my blog icon above and it will take you to my freebie!  Enjoy!