All pictures were taken by my dear friend and personal photographer Amanda.
1. Chalkboard that is sometimes used as a corkboard and my desk as clean as it's going to EVER be during the year. 2. Those are postcards that my niece and I put up about 7 years ago; I just add new places as I go. Two bookshelves of 'choice read' books...all 731 on Classroom Booksource. Pictures and magnets from various years of teaching. It's my cozy little area. |
1. The bookshelf from behind my desk used to be in this area, now I have a cute little reading area. I bought the pillows (one of a pig and one of a pineapple) at a garage sale...I only wash them once a year... There's a Beatles' poster given to me by a former student, a plagiarism poster, the American Flag for "The Pledge" and my "Friends" poster I bought in London, England. I don't use the TV...ever. Oh! and, I was teacher of the week one week last year, nice plaque, right!? 2. Here are the answers to my Monday post. My red lamp is for atmosphere. On the whiteboard are my agendas for the day, notes from/to students (so I don't forget) and there are Lila doodles from when we came into the building on Sunday...yes, on Sunday. 3. If you look at my "We Can Do It" poster, you'll see that Rosie has a red mustache. One year a student used a permanent marker, although he thought it was a Expo marker, to decorate her. |
1. "Sacred Cows make the tastiest hamburgers." ~Abbie Hoffman You can't see them, but I have Mulder and Scully Barbie and Ken from a former student and there are various dolls, a moose, a stress Apple mutilated by one Publications staff, a Reese's Beanie Baby bear, The Green M&M and a Jane Austen Action Figure. 2. Globe lamp I got one Christmas from my mother, a picture of Lila when she was two months old, flamingos (read Jennifer Price's essay...it's hella good), a ceramic apple basket that at one time was full of cherry kool-aid--a Christmas present from a student--I love red kool-aid. 3. There are 30 lovely blue desk...these are the new ones, they are not as good as the old ones. 4. My Promethean Board...my pride and joy. |
Thanks for the tour, but why is your desk facing the students' backs?
ReplyDeleteAlso, I've never liked those desks - too claustrophobic. It's a good thing we don't have them is Sweden. Ours looked like this http://www.furnea.se/prod_info.asp?ID=1&produkter=1 I suppose yours minimize scraping of chairs, but I loved lining the bottom of my desk and keeping all my books and pencils in order in there... I'm getting all nostalgic. My favourite time of year is just before school starts (last week in our town) because I remember shopping for new school things and being all excited.
I also have to say that I love your bookshelves. We had a book wagon come by once a month when we were forced to borrow a book (those who didn't frequent the library as often as I did).