My Classroom Garden 2012-2013

This is my door. My classroom theme is a garden. 

Right outside my door is my "all about me" bulletin board. I have pictures that I hope help students and parents know me a little bit better. 

This is my class bulletin board. During the year, it will be absolutely packed with my kids' work. I have clothes pins attached to the fabric so that I can easily change out their work. 

Under the window, I have 2 bookshelves. This is the fiction section of the room. Next to the window is my math wall. The only thing on the wall at this point is the hundreds chart. Later in the year, it will be the place for math vocabulary, anchor charts, and student work. 

This is 1/2 of my front white board. You can see my behavior chart. The kid's will move their clip throughout the day depending on their behavior. They start on green and can move up for good behavior or down for bad choices. My Noise-o-meter is also on the board. It lets the kids know the appropriate noise level for the room at any given time. Under the white board is my Daily 3 board. It has the 3 daily reading station choices, reading groups and important reading info. I use brownie points for compliments and a scoreboard for my Whole Brain Teaching rules. 

Here are my 2 non fiction book shelves. I also have my Calendar time area. We start each day with songs, chants, dances, and group activities. Our day always starts on a positive and happy note. 

This is where I sit for all of my mini lessons. The cage is for our class tortoise, Louis. The black frames are for my daily classroom objectives. The wood book shelf is my leveled book area. I use these books with my reading groups. The black book shelf, facing the chair, is for math tubs and word work tubs. The bulletin board behind the rocking chair is for Ron Clark Rules. We use them to make sure that we are always polite and kind. To the left of the chair, is my student computer and document camera. Behind them, is my Cafe board. We keep all of our reading strategies there. 

This is a view of my classroom from the door. I have all different seating options for my kids. They can choose whichever suites their needs the best. Some sit on the floor, some on high stools, others on balance disks and a few in normal seats. All of my chairs have felt legs so that there is less noise and the floors stay nice and shiny. 

Here are the kids' backpack cubbies. The small bulletin board is for the class jobs. The small rolling shelf holds our daily 5 math games. The large bulletin board is for writing and Whole Brain Teaching techniques and cues. Steve, the class gorilla, is an awesome reading buddy. Above him are my name helpers. They are magnets of all of my students' names. 

This is my teacher computer. I have all of my copies filed for the week. I have all of my past class pictures to remind me of my "old" babies. My favorite teacher saying is "Pardon our mess, we are making memories." 

This is our class puppet theater. We mainly use it as a reading nook. My shared bathroom is to the right. Our class community supplies and water fountain are to the left. 

These are the work cubbies. We keep our books, folders, and spirals here. The wall to the right is for science and social studies anchor charts.

This is my floor table. The kids would do anything to sit here. 

This is my tall stool table. It is raised to the highest level. This is new to my room this year. I'm guessing it will be a favorite. 

This is the back corner of my classroom. My word wall is on the back cabinet. The black bookshelf is for chapter books, writing stations, and fun and games.