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Sunday, May 3, 2015

Classroom Pictures! Neon and Awesome 80s

Welcome to my classroom! I had fun doing a neon & 80s theme this year! I love how bright & colorful it turned out.

When I first came into this room is was very sterile. Lots of GRAY! Here are some before pictures.

BEFORE:

A plus to this room is that the gray boards (not white boards) are magnetic.

This is Bessie, the air conditioner.

I was blessed to have a smartboard in this room! But again, GRAY BOARDS. They're supposed to work with both dry erase markers and chalk, but both erase horribly. I typically just use anchor charts with magnets up on them.

Plus: Lots of cabinets! Minus: They're GRAY!

Here are some pictures of how I spruced up this room!

I used different colored borders around my back boards to make it more colorful. Above each board are headers for the subjects. Below them is my picture book library.

I used more borders around my front board and cabinets.

This view faces the door that leads to the bathrooms. You'll also notice where I keep some of my chapter books. I like keeping my literature in different places throughout the room so the kids don't crowd each other.

This is the view from the front of my room to the back.

I use a lot of The Science Penguin's resources. This is how I organize my Science Weekly Five centers.

A close up of my chapter books. Above them are my teacher toolkit and teacher editions.

Some of my organizational tubs from Really Good Stuff. Made some quick labels for them and glued them on.

My schedule area. I laminated the cards and then use a dry erase marker to write the times.

One of my bulletin boards...

Love my team sign fans!

I bought the fans at Party City for $1.99 each and then hot glued my team signs to the middle of each fan.

On my cabinets are some math posters from Ladybug's Teacher Files. My Awesome 80s alphabet is above the cabinet.

So colorful!

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This is my student station board where the kids can see schedules, jobs, and news. Schedule cards from Ladybug's Teacher Files as well. 😄

Student towers

Assignment baskets

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Organizing My Geometry Unit

Hey guys! The big update is almost here for my geometry unit! It will go live tomorrow morning, but I wanted to share with you how I organized it for my classroom.

First, I like to keep my units in a binder with page protectors.

Print off the color cover for the binder cover.

I use the black and white cover for my first page.

Table of contents and standards list.

^The reason why the standards look different is because I live in Florida and we "technically" don't have Common Core Standards. Ours are called Florida Standards... With the exception of a few, they're still word-for-word the Common Core Standards, lol.

Next comes the lesson plans! I like to keep them side-by-side so I don't have to flip back and forth. I structure my lessons like this: Page 1 is day 1 and Page 2 is day 2. Complicated, right? LOL

I take pictures and print them out of completed activities so I can remember what I did the previous year. I also print out what I want my anchor charts to look like so as we do them together I can remember what I want to include.

Center directions and materials are kept in the same sleeve until I'm ready to use them.

I like to keep assessments and their keys together as well for easy grading.

Any time I want my kids to take notes I like to have examples of what should be in them.

Here are a few other pictures:

Organizing math units is all about what works for you. Above is how I put my centers out for display. I got this nifty sign holder at Office Max years ago. I like it for centers because if I need to make any tweaks I can do it with dry erase and then wipe it off for next year!

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Double Digit Multiplication - Planning My Progressive Anchor Chart

We've begun double digit multiplication! I wanted a way to do an anchor chart with all the different strategies we'll be using, but I didn't want to reveal them all at once - talk about overwhelming!

I decided to go with butcher paper for this chart and wrote out all the strategies across the top. As I teach each strategy, I'll put an example up on our chart.

I like to preplan my anchor charts in PowerPoint.

I type up examples of each and then save each as a picture. I then put the picture in my lesson plan so that I know what I'm putting on my chart each day and don't have to "wing it".