Classroom Progress

It's been a long summer, but finally I am able to work in my room. Here are just some progress photos. I will have to do a proper classroom tour in the future.

I am excited to have a teaching corner. For right now, this is my dramatic play center. I feel like it takes up a lot of space, so I will probably be moving it somewhere else in the future.

This is actually the back of my room. We have new Promethean board so even though I would normally set up my room facing this way, I am actually facing the other way. It feels a little strange.

My grammar wall. We have ELD sections that are required to teach grammar for 1 hour a day. The whole school posts a grammar wall to reinforce the skills that are being taught in those ELD sections as well as the grammar that we teach in the non-ELD sections.

I used to have a huge tree in my old classroom. I had to bring a little of that into my current classroom. Eventually I would like to create another large tree for tracking data. It will be on the empty wall next to it.

My reading/calendar wall. This is where I do most of my teaching. The Promethean board is to the left of this section.

Math wall that will eventually move to the dramatic play center area.

How I will display student work.

My bulletin board that is in... the HALLWAY!! I have always wanted to work in an indoor school just to be able to decorate outside of my door.

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I'm Not a Turkey

With Thanksgiving coming up, I am reminded of all the things that I am thankful for. I am thankful for my wonderful family and friends. I am also thankful for such a sweet bunch of second graders this year. I want to keep this post short and sweet so I will leave you with one of my favorite writing activities, I'm not a turkey. I'm sure there are many variations of this activity, but I just love it so much. I love the creativity that comes out during this assignment. One of my favorites... I'm not a turkey. A turkey has feathers. I have hands. Can I ask you a question? Do turkeys go to school? No they do not. I am a student. I talk a lot. If you eat me, I can talk in your stomach. If you eat a student, you go to jail. Ohhh so creative!!

Classroom Management

With the school year starting soon, I'm sure a lot of us are reworking our classroom management plans. Some of you may even be making your for the first time. No matter where you are in the process, I always believe that it is the most important. I've always believed that if you don't have good classroom management, then everything else you do is a waste of time. What is the point in teaching a lesson while your students aren't paying attention? You're just going to have to reteach it. Why not use your time wisely and be productive. With all of the right procedures in place, your classroom will run smoother than butter! Sure classroom management and procedures take a while to teach and learn, but it is all worth it in the end. I am currently reworking my management procedures and when I do I will make an updated post. For today though I want to share with you what I did last year. When I first started teaching I was using this behavior chart. I wasn't really a f...

Before Pictures

Many people that walk into my classroom think that it is such a clean and organized room. Clean... yes. Organized... NO WAY!! Here is what everyone sees my classroom as... I love my room and I spent a lot of time rearranging it to make it fit my needs as well as my students' needs. It is a very functional classroom, aside from the organizational piece that is missing. Today I am going to share with you my "secrets". Are you ready for them? I must say that they aren't pretty. Be warned, you are about to see my BEFORE photos. This area looks fairly organized, except for the fact that I don't use ANY of it. I ocassionally lift up the fabric to get the students' reading books and a binder here and there, but other than that, these shelves are taking up prime real estate. One of my few cabinets that lock is filled with supplies that don't need to be locked up. Math centers that have never been used because I still have no clue how I want to organize them. ...

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