Yikes!

It's already Friday!  That first week of school went super fast!  My kiddos are picking up on my expectations pretty quickly, so it's looking like it will be a good year!  I've had a couple of little ones give me problems, but nothing major.

I think my two biggest goals this year are organization and classroom management (who doesn't have those goals though!).

With my ADD I really need to focus on the organization though.  I've been trying to keep lists and I've made a "teacher binder" that has EVERYTHING in my life in it!  I've also created a sub binder to keep all of that fun stuff organized, and I've been trying to straighten up my desk/classroom a little bit each day.  I always feel terrible when people walk into my room and see my piles of things everywhere.  They must think I'm the messiest teacher ever!  The truth is I tend to get distracted and set things down and wander off to do something else.  Today I stayed after school and cleared off my desk though.  I was proud of myself for that!  I've also been reading The Clutter-Free Classroom and trying to get some ideas there.

So I guess my goal of this post is to see what ideas for organization you have!  Any tried and true tricks to stay organized in a chaotic school??

Oh, and to finish the post I'll include my cupcake from this week!  We did a first grade lunch today, with a Mexican theme.  My cupcakes don't have a mexican theme, they were just yummy!

It's a chocolate cupcake with a Reese's Peanut Butter cup in the middle, Peanut butter frosting, and a Reese's Pieces on top!  Hopefully my team liked them and will let me make cupcakes again next week!!