I know I have been promising pictures for a while, but better late than never right? They are not in any special order. I have taken a lot of time with my room and have changed it several times and probably will several more times.
Each classroom has a phone. This is where I keep mine becuase it is where the phone jack is. Also in this area is a bucket labled "Work Folders." This is where I have my students keep any unfinished work. This keeps it in one place and it is always there when they have time to finish. Next to that area, I have my little table and chair for the listening center. Instead of spending a lot of money on books on CD, I simply recorded myself reading them and put it on CD. I have since changed out the stuff on the little table. Makes a great center activity area.
Many people have heard of the "Clip It" system and I made mine to fit my classroom theme. Can you guess what my theme is!? I also made a form that I use to record at the end of the day what color each student earned. I have some behavior issues and this allows me to show parents that some days are better than others.
This is just the inside of my classroom door. Again, frog! I also work on using manners, so I have my "Good Manners" poster up as a reminder.
When I first started, I didn't know what or how to write my expectations. I narrowed it down to three and I am very happy with it. They are general, but they work with my kids.
I LOVE this wall and the kids do too! Each kid has a frog with their name on it. Each frog has a ring of index cards. On the index cards are sight words, CVC words, and CVCe words (depending on what skill that child is on). They are responsible for the words on the ring. I have them come in and get their rings to study for about five minutes and then I quiz them. When they get the word correct, they get a plus in the upper right corner of the card. When they get five plus', they get to take the word off the ring. The students get so excited when the words come off the ring. It comes with built in motivation. I was thinking of doing this with math facts too!
Above the "Hoppin' Words," I have sentence starters and the alphabet for help on different activities we do. I also have rings of a program called "Drops in the Bucket." I copied the pages on to cardstock and laminated them. Then I cut apart each section to allow students to focus on one skill at a time. I give them dry erase markers to write their answers.
This is my space. I have been debating about turning my desk, but I have not gotten that far yet. The other thing I love, but you cannot see is that when students come up to my desk, there is a stop sign on the floor so that students know and respect my space. And of course the frog carpet!
This is "Mr. Frog." He loves to sit in the classroom library. He is a great listener. The kids talk to him when they are upset. They also enjoy reading stories to him.
This is my math area. I recently changed it and so far I am happy with it. In the corner we have two student computers.
This is a close up of one of the shelves on the bookshelf in the math area. These are activities that I made. I bought containers from the dollar store and went at it. I love it because I put all the materials for the activity int he container and I can just pull it out when students are doing centers and games.
This is my classroom library area. Again, this is something I recently changed as well. I used to have another bookshelf in this area, but I wanted to open up the space a little more.
This is where my students keep their classroom money. They earn money by completing homework and making good choices. They can also earn money by getting a perfect spelling test. Students can lose money for poor choices or not completing their homework. At the end of the week, they can choose to either save their money or buy something from the price list. Notice the frogs!
Here is where I moved the bookself that used to be in the classroom library. Also another view of my clip system.
I also took pictures of our Fall sentences we worked on this week, but I will save that for another post. Happy Fall!
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