If you're a blog fan on FB, I promised classroom pictures yesterday but by the time I got home and made dinner, it was time for a girls' night with my friends and when they left I had to spend some quality time with the hubby watching TV (that counts, right?!) and then it was past my bedtime!
So, to make a long story short... I'm sharing classroom pics today!!!
Now, my room isn't done so I'll be sharing more pics soon, but I wanted to show you what I have done so far. It's similar to last year, so if you've been a follower for a while, it might look familiar...
My calendar- check out that amazing ABC set from Ladybugs Teacher Files!
My things for my small groups- you can get those labels for FREE at this old post!
These are my "morning meeting" and mini-lesson essentials... LOVE all this stuff!!!! You can find the 100 Days to CCSS success at TpT and the Vocabulary Power (which is awesome and they look pretty cheap now!) on Amazon.
My little mini-lesson area- see those hula hoops in the background? My kiddos use them when they need personal space! They just take one down, sit inside, and others know not to bug them.
This is our meeting area. 20 bodies on the rug, three on the pink crates, and 2 in chairs or on the floor. By the end of the year, they were almost too big to sit comfortably in one carpet spot! Yikes!
My pride and joy... my classroom library! If each basket has only 30 books, I still have over 1,000 in my classroom! I'm so proud of my library!
Spot to keep track of AR point makers and 100 Club kiddos... you can find the 100 Club on TpT
This is brand new this year... last year this BB because a "catch-all" for papers, pictures from students, notes, reminders, etc... but this year it's a cute little spot for me. Hopefully I can keep all my stuff more organized!
My shelf of stuff and my carts of community supplies... you can snag those cute labels for FREE if you're a fan of my blog on Facebook! The basket of cleaning supplies is for one of my new class jobs this year... I don't have a name for the job yet, but the kid will need to dust... which I think they'll love! Any suggestions for a name for the job?
Just click the pic below to head to FB, "LIKE" my page, and download them from the Fan Freebies tab!
Homework Club display! I'm hoping for 25 or 26 kids, but have to be prepared... if an assignment is not turned in, students will flip their number around and then, at the end of the month, those still facing forward are in the Homework Club! This pack with this display, awards, and tons of stuff to start a Homework Club is available on TpT!
My new writing center!!!!! I'm so excited about this! On the table are... a big calendar, tape, staples, story starter cubes and other ideas, a plastic frame with words about September (find that on TpT), and that super cute chevron lamp from Meijer!
This is right next to my writing table and has drawers with writing paper, spelling helpers, and other things. In between the two containers on the top shelf is a collection of cookbooks. My students LOVE LOVE LOVE re-copying recipes during work on writing. I realize this is not practice that is helping them generate ideas or develop their craft of writing, but they are practicing handwriting (and when do we have time for that?!), exposing themselves to a variety of words and spellings, and doing some real-world writing that they can use then they get home. I would highly recommend adding some recipe books to your writing center... they love it!
Also on that shelf are... Lakeshore Writing Activity Pockets (here's the Amazon link to the K-1 version and the 2-3 at Lakeshore), Lakeshore Writing Center (which I can't find on their site right now...), writing flip chart/story starters, and a basket full of photo cards including these awesome ones from Learning Resources!
So, that's my room! I have a few more things to do... today is a stay-at-home-and-work-on-the-computer day for me, so hopefully I'll get everything I need made and done so I can finish up my room and show off the rest soon!
Have a great Wednesday and do let me know if you have a cute name for my cleaner job!
How about "dust bunny" for the helper?? This makes me excited to go get my classroom ready!
ReplyDeleteFunny!! I was going to suggest "dust bunny!" I actually had this title for a job in my classroom a few years back.
DeleteDust Bunny is a cute name! I might steal that one too. :)
ReplyDeleteGreat pictures! (And your library is amazing!)
ReplyDeleteok, what's the calendar in the writing center for? I need to add a table to mine. Why haven't I done that??
ReplyDeleteRachel
I just had an extra desk calendar so I put it there! :) I'm thinking I'll let the kids add birthdays, school events, etc... to it so the kids have it for a reference.
DeleteDustbuster? Will that infringe on a trademark?? :)
ReplyDeleteLove your room! Thanks so much for sharing pics. You are sparking some creativity to happen in my room. I absolutely love the idea of putting out cookbooks when working on writing. Thanks for sharing all your labels as well!
ReplyDeleteThanks for not only sharing your pictures but sharing where you got a lot of your stuff. I was wondering about your chevron rug at your morning meeting area. I've seen that rug on a couple of other teacher's blogs and I think it is just adorable!
ReplyDeleteChristina, I always love seeing your room each year...you have such a gift of making it look so full of excitement, in every corner. I would love to be a student walking into your classroom each day!
ReplyDeleteI am so happy you like the alphabet, thank you so much for the sweet shout-out, it means the world to me coming from you!!! :)
How do you organize your classroom library? I'm struggling with how to do my third grade library...by genre, AR level, series, etc.?
ReplyDeleteThanks!
Kim
I could post forever about organizing my library.
DeleteI do NOT organize it by AR. I used to. But what I realized is that I was teaching my students that the first thing you have to consider when you select a book is the reading level. And I do not think that is true.
So, mine is organized in many ways... by author, by genre, by series, topic... and then, within each basket, the books are AR leveled. So, students learn that you first choose what you are interested in and then you find something appropriate for you to read.
All of my baskets are numbered and every book in that basket has the same number on the outside to help make it easier for the kids who have to put them back- which is a class job.
You are so lucky to be in your room:) We have to wait until a week before school starts to get in. My dining room is starting to look like a teacher/dollar store!
ReplyDelete☮Monica
The Schroeder Page
Your room looks great! And I love your teacher area! The dry erase and cork board frame are especially cute! How did you hang them? Are they hung on a wall or bulletin board?
ReplyDeleteA Tall Drink of Water
I've never thought about using cookbooks in a Writing center! Great idea!
ReplyDeleteAmazing classroom set up!! I love how you added a lamp to the writing table. I have a lamp, but didn't know where to put it; now I do!! I also love the containers for your small group instruction. That is a neat idea to keep everything in one spot and for differentiating the lessons. I think the name "dust bunny" would be perfect for the classroom duster - I may have to steal that one! Thanks for sharing your pics and ideas! :)
ReplyDeleteNichole
luaslearners.blogspot.com
I LOVE your hula hoop idea for personal space! Great blog!
ReplyDeleteDo you have your book bin labels for sale anywhere?
ReplyDeleteMy classroom "cleaner" is called the Sanitation Engineer ;0) They love the big words!
ReplyDeleteJessica
Teach on a Limb
Looks great! I like all the plastic drawers you use for organization. I need to invest in more of those I think!
ReplyDeleteI just posted on my blog about my first day back working on my classroom, would love for you to check it out!
-Carol
Mrs. Cobb's Kindersprouts
I am jealous of your library! At last count I had just over 800 - but yours is SO organized! I am also jealous you are in your room! We can only go back in one day before teachers return officially! Love your blog,and thanks for the Inspiration!
ReplyDeleteJessica
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Hello! A few weeks ago when I was looking at your website for information about morning meeting I saw that you had a link to print off the cards that you use for greetings and activities. When I went back to look I could not find them anywhere. Have you gotten rid of them or is there somewhere I need to be looking? I would absolutely love those cards if there is anyway I could get them! Thanks so much!
ReplyDeleteJessie Dyer
jessica.dyer79@gmail.com
is the pocket chart you use for the Homework Club a turquoise color? If so, where did you find that?
ReplyDeleteTarget dollar spot! LOVE IT!
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