Here is a tour of my classroom last year.
I have had a sports theme over the last few years.
I love the sports theme because of the teamwork and sportsmanship skills you can incorporate into it.
I love having an organized classroom.
Everything needs to have a home.
It kept me sane.
Student book bins are a must in my opinion. I bought the book bins at Ikea. Students in my class each have a number. The number is on their name tag on their desk, put on their papers, etc. I number the book bins that way I don't have to relabel them year after year. I had library folders, reading folders, library books and clipboards in the bins.
One thing that made it easy at the end of each day was the bins for turning the work in. Depending on how many assignments were turned in each day, I would just paperclip everything together before I packed up my bag to go home. The students never questioned where they needed to put their finished work. This is one of my classroom musts.
I utilized every inch of my classroom. If I could hang a sign or poster, I did.
These Thick and Thin questions were from Beth Newingham.
One thing I have spend a lot of money on over the years was my classroom library. I always wanted my students to have a variety of books to chose from in the classroom, available to them everyday. I tried to keep it as organized as possible using the labels found from Beth Newingham.
One thing that drove me crazy as a teacher was when students asked every day what to do after I had told them hundreds of times. This happened the most in the morning. So, I was elated when I found these what to do when you come in and leave posters. Whenever students would ask, I would just point to the poster. Eventually, it clicked (for most). Underneath was the library sign up along with AR sign up which was part of the morning routine. I also posted a question of the day for when students were finished with everything else in the morning. Sometimes I chose the questions and others I let the students.
The reading area.
Love the sports themed posters I found. I can't remember where they were from.
The students always knew what was next with the schedule being posted each day. It was also helpful to keep me on track for the day.
Sample of question of the day.
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