a quick tour

I'm beginning to feel much more confident and excited. I can do this! My classroom is really coming together. Enjoy a few of the pictures of the process below. Also if any of you have materials, organizational skills, creative leanings, or just some extra time... I'd love the help! :)

Welcome to Ms. Jenny's room 64!

the doorway to the classroom and the back wall

part of what will become the reading and listening center... definitely need more books and cd players...

Our tree of values! The apples have values written on them: kindness, fun, respect, learning, growth, as well as "try, try, try". Symbol representations of the values are in the works.

Focus wall and my lovely palm trees

Bookshelf and table for materials and student exploration activities

a view of the back portion of the class. yay for the sunrise!

And there's my domain: my desk in the back corner and my instructional podium. Note the fancy technology... woohoo!

a bit overwhelmed...

I was in the midst of creating another tree in my classroom when I finally had to leave because my head was beginning to spin.

Sidenote: I have an amazing classroom with new carpet, lots of space, and lots of natural light. The beginnings of a great learning space! My theme (for the time being) is trees because trees are such a great symbol of growth. There are so many different kinds of trees, some grow quickly, some more slowly, but they all bear fruit and add to their environment.

That being said, one of my favorite ways to avoid work, fear, or anything really is to tap into my creative outlets. Hence my blogging when I should be doing some classroom planning. So yesterday the fruits of my labor are shown here with my lovely palm trees.

Today I made an apple tree, the apples will show our class values. Pretty much it's all a safe way for me to do something while actually doing nothing.

I really need to step up and get my act together. I've been working for this for so long and it's finally here... a very strange feeling. It's so much more pressure and I feel so nervous. The biggest knot in my stomach comes from the feeling that I'm in this alone. There's no one there to hold my hand through this process. My parents and my brother are my biggest fans and support me so much, but it feels like they're in another world up in northern california. Adulthood sucks sometimes.

my brother is hilarious!

Jpisms:Random sayings:

“What if I marry a hunchback?” (Totally out of the blue)

“It’s all for God” (To Todd at Breakaway)

“Did I just eat a snail?”

“Are snails eatable?”

Jim Morrison and the Doors- JP asked- they were called- “The Whores?” What.

“Why don’t you carry a knife?” (To Ashton- when she was scared of the streets)

“What about some blood?” (To the waiter- when asked what he wanted to drink)


JP went out by himself in Paris- when asked where he was- he said: “ I checked all of the usual places.” (Mr. independent)

moving on......

As many of you probably know, I got a teaching job for the fall! I'm so stoked!!! Well, as I become a professional in the field, I decided to branch out as far as blogging goes and create a blog documenting my experiences and journey in my new career as well as my observations in the field. I would love to incorporate some research and valuable information for others in the field, but for now it's my little pedestrian blog... Notes on being "special". :)