Setting up for a new year

What is on your to-do list to get your classroom ready for a new year?

In my school, we have to pack everything up, wrap bookcases and take everything off the walls so I always feel like I start from scratch every year
so I start by cleaning from top tpo bottom ( custodial staff only does the floors), pull out all my stuff from the boxes and closets, decorate, do bulletin boards and then get all the paperwork done like student health and attendance cards, lesson plans, copies etc.

Re: Setting up for a new year

First on my to do list:

find out where the hell my classroom is!

Last year, my stuff dissappeared for two weeks!! It was like the Expedia wandering gnome. People kept spotting it somewhere around the HS, but then when I'd get there, it had dissappeared.

So this year, I plan on spending the two Supt. Conference days taking inventory.

And I'll do my bulletin boards and set my desk up.

Re: Setting up for a new year

Bring stuff into the room that I bought.

Move furniture

Wipe down furniture (bookcases, counter tops)

Put stuff back

Set up desk

Hang up posters, number lines, etc, board stuff.

Decorate my door

Re: Setting up for a new year

-CLEAN!!!

-Re-level my library and I made cute labels for my baskets since they are cracking down on that this year "no negotiations"

- Put up some bulletin board stuff- since I left a lot on from last year its a little easier for me

- Re arrange the room

- Put up some charts

- make some photo copies of running records, readers response outline, conference notes, reading logs