I went in to school today to “get my room ready.” Not many high school teachers really do the whole “getting your room ready” thing, it’s more for elementary school teachers with all the fru-fru they put up in their rooms… but I went in for several hours today so I could clean and straighten my new room.

On Monday, Joe was nice enough to come to school with me and help move my desk and other furniture up to my new room. So at least all my “stuff” was there in the room… I was able to just focus on the cleaning and putting away of things.

It’s a lot of work, but it’s really cool to take a step back and take in the room once you get finished. I’ll have to post some pictures of what my new classroom looks like, once I get a little more settled. I have a lot of ideas, and I’m going to bounce them off my colleague before going too crazy. One thing I’m definitely going to do is get some nice plants to put in the room.

My room is fairly small since it’s a behavior support classroom. You don’t want huge open spaces for my type of classroom… instead you want a comfortable, somewhat home-y, environment. The students should feel safe in our space.

I was delighted to go through some of the materials that the previous teacher left behind for me. I found a book that I was going to check out from the library; but, lucky me, she left behind a copy! The book is “The First Days of School,” by Harry K. Wong and Rosemary T. Wong. At the behavior workshop I attended, they referred to this book a lot. I’ve busily been looking through it for ideas to pile on to my ideas I already have. Fun! (well, for me!)

Now it’s time to relax a little, then take the dogs out for a walk.

Here’s a picture of Sheldon sleeping. This is how he sleeps next to me when I’m at home.