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| Almost empty! |
Well, I'm making progress! I spent several hours in my classroom again yesterday, and I'm beginning to see my actual classroom unearthing itself from the "explosion" it's been!
I've emptied out most of the stuff from the cubbies and coat rack area that was stuffed there last June, and found a home for most of that stuff.
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| Matching baskets! |
I've rearranged my class Library so that all the books are organized in coordinating baskets! This was no easy task, but I'm feeling mighty proud of this! There are still a few labels in the laminating process, but it will be ready for Open House.
I even have my calendar bulletin board up, and the large group area set aside. Once a long time ago, I remember young teachers (I was one at the time) making fun of older teachers because they put the same furniture in the same place every year. I vowed then that I wouldn't be one of "those teachers."
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| This year's change: Large group area to the right |
I understand now how, after being in a classroom for a few years, there are certain arrangements that work. My computers have to be on a certain wall. My desks need to be near the whiteboard, since we do so much board work in
Reading Street and
Everyday Mathematics. I like my reading table near a bulletin board, since I usually post vocabulary and learning targets on that bulletin board. But I try to "shake it up" every year by putting different things in different places. This year, I've moved my whole group area to the area right behind the computer table. I'm excited about this change!
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| Today's tasks: find the classroom! |
Today's plan: put up the rest of my bulletin board, put down the "mat" (sort of like a rug, but rubber), and start sorting the supplies for the students. I have a ton of laminated stuff to cut out, and folders to put together for homework, classwork, math tools, and writing. Whew!
But at least my classroom is starting to look like my classroom. The stuff I have left is the fun stuff, the most tedious stuff is complete, whoooo hoooo!
