Here are pieces of my front door, including names, my magnetic "Where are we?" Board, and a week-at-a-glance board (dry erase) where I hope to be writing a few fun objectives/activities for each day.
Here's the view as you walk in!
As you shut the door, you see my reminders board (for homework and last-minute switches in rides, etc.) and my "how we get home" board...names are on clothespins so we can change it out easily.
On my back wall I'm using some of the MANY storage closets as my student work bulletin board! I'll write funny or profound things they say or write on the quote boards in dry-erase and take a picture of them, then actual work will be taped to the cabinets.
In front of it is my Indiana rug!
My cozy library...it's not quite as cramped as it looks in this picture, but still. :) Books are organized by genres/series so they can easily find something fun...I'm still working on labeling them with Lexile numbers though. You can kinda see the closets in the background that we also turned into giant LEGOs--with plastic tablecloths and paper plates! :) The front drawers (behind the chairs) are normal white cabinets from Walmart or Target and I just used mini frisbees from the Dollar Tree as the "bumps." A coat or two of spray paint and they were set!
Since my room isn't very big, part of my library is here. :) Picture books (most of them nonfiction) and some more storage. Young Hoosier Books, Title 30 books, etc. will be displayed in the appropriate 9 weeks in the hanging shelves. And you also see my math stations on the right there, all 10 ready to go!
Just a shot of our supply station (on top of the LEGO cabinets in the library)...complete with office supplies, paper, a book hospital, dry erase and clip boards tucked in containers on either side, and my Pringles Box Tops container!
A pic of our mailboxes. Saw an idea on Pinterest about using binder clips and labels to name each mailbox, and SO glad I did, since my class list has gone through multiple changes in the last few days! Easy to change out.
On the back right is my guided reading group area. Anchor charts will be posted on the wall, and supplies/books for each group will go in the shelving. The Lego guy pic says, "We are builders--building knowledge, building character, building community." It's my dream, mantra, class rules and philosophy all rolled into one. :)
Sliding down the right wall a bit are my absent work and extra activities tubs (for early finishers, a folder for each student). Also my class jobs list. They have to apply, be interviewed, and keep their jobs for a full 9 weeks. :)
My boggle board, mobile document camera, and behind it are some supplies and my birthday stuff.
Here's a shot from the back of the room, sans white shelving yet. :) My giant pencil-shaped writing process poster, my ASL signs, word wall, command center, etc.
The students will learn some ASL this year and we will use these signs especially a lot. My command center includes behavior clip chart, daily schedule cards (laminated so they are dry erase clocks), and lunch count.
Next to it I have my Fact of the Day (to get them reading more nonfiction), homework club, and extra dry erase makers with pom poms hot glued on back.
By my teacher desk I have my team points (earning Popsicle sticks for transitions, good teamwork, etc.). a few supplies, and a big tub to turn in homework!
My handy supplies...love those Scentos markers!
Here is our whole class area...still need to recover the cushion for my chair. :)
My (way too big) teacher desk.
Drawers for everything!
Whole-class incentives with the Legos, and my "thought bubbles" and junk store on top.
Past the student computers and right by the door (we've come full circle!) I have my bathroom passes, out-of-the-room cups, first aid kit, and storage for random things. Once we make our class rules together, the poster will go above the "Rate Yourself!" exit ticket poster.
Here's a shot from the front of the room, with the amazing Lindsey as my super helper (even late nights!). You can see my white storage shelves for shared team supplies and all binders/notebooks here now.
So, yeah, here's my room!
