**Wolfelicious**: Monday

I have started back working in my classroom getting it all ready for first grade. I have so much to do. Here are some things I have been working on.

This year I wanted to make a new Birthday Chart that wouldn't take up too much room. This is what I decided to make.

Here are the materials.

This is how my Birthday Chart turned out.

I love how it turned out. Each month I will flip the black card. I listed all my kiddos birthdays.

My room's theme is black and white, zebra print, with mustaches. After I cleaned out tons of trash!

I found I had numerous crates. I decided to make a shelf with them for my guided reading area. Since I switched grade levels, I got different classroom furniture. I am used to having lots of shelves, but first grade doesn't have them. So, I decided I would make some. The crates I had were orange, red, and yellow. That just wasn't going to work in my classroom of black and white. So I knew I needed to paint them. (I forgot to take a picture at the beginning)

This is how my crate shelf turned out. I love it. It is functional and pretty. Next time I will check out Wal-mart first because their crates were on sale and I would have spent less buying new ones than painting the ones I had.

I have been trying to figure out how I am going to display my objectives. This is what I decided to make. I got a big picture frame with clear plastic. Then I used my Silhouette to make the letters.