14 Dreams in 2014

So I have been away from the blog world for a while, and I planned to return with a fun little 14 ways to make 2014 great and post it on the 14th; however, a little thing called STREP THROAT hit and I was out of commission for a bit.  Feeling better today I thought I would try it out anyway. 

2013 was a great year! I got to visit the Philippines again, move to a new city with a new job, welcome an adorable niece into the world, and strive everyday to walk closer to the Lord. I know 2014 will also have a lot in store as, so I have set some dreams. 

14 dreams in 2014

Happy Saturday and I'm glad to be back!

~Rachel 

New City, New School...It's About Time for a Post!

Well, I'm behind on posting but better late than never. Tomorrow we will be starting week 5 in first grade! My goodness! It flies by doesn't it? Since my last post I have finished up my classroom and taught 5 weeks of school so here is a quick but long wrap up of the last month!.

Welcome to Miss Anderson's Acrobats

Classroom Reveal!

New Additions:

1. Juggling Jobs

2. Math Board and Focus Wall

3. Clownin' Around Board for "All About Me" and 

3 Rings of Writing Board

 1. Words an Elephant would Never Forget and Family "Trees"

2. I LOVE my new door hanger painted by a sweet friend!

1. I found this cute saying online for our outside bulletin board "No LION, this is great work!"

2. Very proud of my circus tent doorway

3. Classroom, libraries, desks ready for Meet the Teacher and our Class Seal of Approval (where we earn our compliments)

 Auburn Football has started and we are currently 3-0! I got to see a great friend at the first game and the sis at this past week.

Week 33 and she's looking gorgeous! I can't wait to start spoiling my sweet niece!

With the craziness of the beginning of school and the start of another graduate school term I've turned to crafting to relieve some stress. 

 of the "10,000 Reasons" is one of my favorite songs so I took the familiar verse of Psalm 103 and made a burlap canvas this past week. 

 Boosterthon (our school fundraiser) is back. 

Here we are having FUN in our FUN shirts!

We had our first birthday last week! Oh how I LOVE birthdays! The lucky boy got the whole first grade to sing to him!!

Hope you all have a great week!

~Rachel 

It's that time again!

Well, it's that time again! 

If you have been to any grocery store lately you know that school is about to start back! Notebooks, pens, pencils and folders in every color line the aisles beckoning me to pick them up! Is this every teacher's feelings or just mine?

As I mentioned earlier I am moving school districts and will be starting this year at a new school in a new city! After I returned from the Philippines I moved into a house with a great friend and jumped right into classroom mode. It was a major ordeal moving all of my school stuff into a new school but it is slowly coming together. I have spent the last two weeks getting a new room ready and organized and this week I am going through New Teacher Orientation Week since I am in a new district.

But anyway, I always love getting my classroom ready and this year I have a new theme! I LOVED my Hollywood theme but like I said I changed schools and found that someone already had the same theme. So I didn't have to change but my motors started turning and with the help of a few friends I decided to create a circus theme, so this year my class will be:

Miss A's Acrobats!

Here is a small preview of the circus act going on in my room right now!

 I moved everything in at the end of  May (with the help of the parentals, and literally  dropped everything in one spot. So I walked into a room looking like this, only the empty space was filled with desks, chairs and tables. 

These are going to be my new Birthday display. I saw the idea on Pinterest and thought that I would try it out. I found these cute bags at Michaels on sale!! I made the month signs and glued them on and will add tissue paper later.

I bought Thistlegirl designs adorable circus clipart and used them to model my posters that will hang around the room. There will soon be a lion, elephant, and seal to join the kiddos. 

I am going to keep my popcorn word wall but added a focus board! I'm going to call it "The Main Attraction"! I used painters tape to divide the board and will post standards and anchor charts here! (Ignore the desks note, that is for maintenance)

That was just a small tour of what's going on. I'm waiting on the color printer to work so I can print some great things I found this summer that I want to post! Check back soon for more!

Well I'm off to more Teacher Orientation sessions! 

Happy Wednesday!

Rachel