Well, I'm facing the unfortunate reality of not being able to get into my classroom before the start of school. The school is installing an HVAC system and my classroom will be ready sometime next week. However, I am going on one last vacation and coming back the day before my first staff day. I was hoping to get in before I leave on Monday but it hasn't happened. So, I find myself crafting a to do list for those two staff days when I have classroom time and for the additional time I'll spend there after my meetings.
And, here it is: 1. Print my new posters. I don't have access to a printer or laminator at home and all of my colored paper is in a box at school so this is a priority when I return. 2. Rearrange my furniture. I've spent countless hours planning on where I'm putting tables an bookshelves and filing cabinets in my not-to-scale drawings over the summer. Hoping that my visual reasoning didn't mislead me and armed with a tape measure, I'll rearrange my room to best fit the my students' and my own needs. 3. Finalize my seating chart. I have a more-than vague idea of how I want my desks grouped but won't know if it works until I can physically move them around since I wasn't operating with a scale drawing. 4. Assemble student supply pouches. This is probably going to be my biggest, most time-consuming project. I want to label each individual item that goes into the pouches so if I find one on the ground I know which pouch it belongs in. I'm debating whether to have my homeroom help me out with this on the first day.... There's probably more I'm forgetting right now, but this will keep me busy those first two days.
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