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The Classroom 2016-2017

Welcome to our classroom! 
(Disclaimer: My photos are not great quality and the room is always a work in progress.)

Doing morning work at our various workspaces. We have named the areas; the shortie table, the kitchen table, the high top table, desks, the blacktop table, the yellow table, and the coffee table. The couch and recliner are only for independent reading when work is finished. Whole group lessons are always done while gathered on the carpet. The flexible seating has taken a lot of guidance, but its going great now. 

The sink area cabinets are decorated and I love it. It's like having even more books! Everything is labeled for my ELL student, and so all my students can be problem solvers and find things for themselves easily! Life saver.

Supplies, computers, expectation posters, and watercolors.

Turn in trays for each class- I decided to put it far from my desk, because kids always want to lay stuff of the desk or put it in my hand. BIG MISTAKE! I will lose it every time!

My ongoing stash of Spanish books for ELL students. 

Anchor Chart hanger. This makes all our "anchored" learning accessible for reference at any time.
Readers are Leaders board- I have been taking photos of all my 75 students reading independently to add to this. Just waiting on that Groovebook now.
Window art made by markers on coffee filters, then sprayed with a water bottle. It really brightens up the room!
The everything work station! 
I never know what to put on bulletin boards... this one usually gets covered in student art work. Right now, it's just our schedules and class leadership roles. Everyone has a job, and their pay depends on their quality of work. ;)
BOOKS BOOKS EVERYWHERE! My books are leveled and color coded using their Lexile number. This makes the librarians' job a lot easier. This is one of 5 book shelves. 
We started the year with a shared reading of Bridge to Terabithia, then we took a day to watch the movie and compare.
My inspiration wall. A drawing and a letter from previous students. Way better than hanging those college degrees!

All things for lesson plans, anecdotal notes, and emergency subs!
Hanging art portfolios- I bought sticker prongs on Amazon, stuck them on colorful cardstock, added each kiddo's name, and now we will just keep adding their new artwork. At the end of the year, they have a bundle to take home.

And just in case... COFFEE. The kids actually love when I make coffee in the room. It makes us all feel at home. Haha.

Y'all come back now, ya hear!?


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