'twas the night before back to school

Well I think my room is visually ready still working on logistics and paperwork. Here is my new room... I love it so homey. Thank you Emily for your help and for those that saved cereal boxes for me.

A fun day of prep for the new year

The abcd different colored mugs will be adhered on the desks to identify small groups and give responsibilities within the group.

Today was a lot of fun because my sister came down to help me make curtains for my classroom. They look awesome and we had a fun time too. Tune in soon as I will reveal the finished product of my classroom and show all the fun projects that I worked on when they are finished.
Ps. The to go cup is a clue to my theme for the year.... With my work background it is no wonder that this theme comes so easily and naturally .
Love the fresh start to the year !!

Little projects I've been working on

Place value charts
Abcd/1234 decision cards each color doesn't represent a specific number because then students would know how others voted that is also why they are single sided as I wanted 1 to always be with a. I am planning on using these for fist to five type assessments as well as multiple choice questions that I may ask.
Multiplication rings have random questions from 1 thru 12 facts. I'm going to use these as a station.

This year my classroom is a coffee shop theme so all of my choice menu s and labels around the room I wanted to reflect words thy would find in a coffee shop. The name of my classroom this yr is Affogato al Arithmetic which means on top of math. Keep watching as I'll post different ideas I'm using in my cafe inspired classroom this year !!!