Whew...I have officially deemed it {mostly} DONE! Come on in and take a look! Also, please pardon the poor picture quality!
The attendance chart (they place their bee into the hive on arrival each day). Classroom jobs clips, and schedule (freebie schedule cards from Cara Carrol! You can grab them here). Also my little "first day frame" ready to go for the first day of school!
View of the rest of that wall (facing the door). Sorry for the poor lighting! We have a lot of natural light in my new room (which I love, but it's not great for pictures)! Also pardon the ladder!!!
I have two white boards...I only felt that I needed one, so I used the other as a word wall! I did this by attaching super strong magnets to the backs of my letter buttons (available as a freebie in my shop btw!). I then used hot glue to attach all of the words. It pops right off of the white board without leaving a mark or residue!
My teacher area! The day of the week bins are from Big Lots (love). I will be using them to place my materials for the following week. A great tip in case you need to be absent on short notice...your sub can quickly find everything they need.
View of the back of the room from the word wall. I sewed the skirt on the desk using fabric from Walmart! The back closet door shows our reading charts (they earn a sticker for their hive for every 100 minutes read at home). Lanterns from Schoolgirl Style and Christmas Tree Shop! The corner round table is where I will do my guided reading.
The pencil center! Oh, pencils. They can be the source of so much stress! In my class, we use a "pencil management system." It works wonders! They may only use yellow number 2 pencils. We all share pencils (no pencil boxes, zipper cases etc). When we have a dull pencil, we simply place it in the "sharpen please" bucket and take a sharper one! One of the classroom jobs is to sharpen 10 pencils first thing in the morning! Done!
The back wall of the room and reader's chair. Birthday chart and bee hive number posters by me (available in my shop). I made the bunting using just card stock and black ribbon...It is inspired by the Rainbow Chalkboard design by Schoolgirl Style!
Literacy Center student station. The pink drawers are removable...students take them out and bring them to their work area during stations. The black drawers contain any and all supplied they may need to work at the center. It is self serve as we use spelling task cards some weeks and the supplies they need will depend on the task they choose! The top two drawers house everything from magnetic letters to legos (with letters on them) to model magic to ink dabbers! The bottom drawer is the early finisher tub. I will tell more about that in a future post!
The magazine files on top are for student work (strictly center work). They place their work into the corresponding box for their reading group...and at the end of the week, I look over all of the work checking for quality, accuracy, and neatness. I give a prize to the group with the best quality center work! This is something new I am trying this year.
The clip chart is above the center station.
A peek inside the literacy tools drawer! Whew what a hot mess....
A peek inside my Fluency Center! Fluency phrases and ADORABLE voice cards courtesy of Cara Carroll's Rock On fluency center. Microphone from Target, whisper phones from home depot, rockstar glasses from Michaels!
The calendar! All components were made my me (and are available as part of the colorful chalk decor pack in my shop). Can we pause a moment and just acknowledge that hot mess of cords?! What is going on their?!
The left half of the library. The supply caddy on top houses "story pops," which I found on pinterest. They are quick comprehension questions which students can just pick and ask to get them thinking about what they read! It will also house the half-page quick reading response sheets I snagged from Amy Lemons!
The right half of the library...
The opposite side of the library! Math tub area...
Already filled with some easy-prep math stations my Amy Lemons!! :)
Student "buckets." Our behavior management system--which I will explain in a future post!
Center rotation tree! AKA...I had this pocket chart tree I didn't know what to do with...so....this works!
Writing center lives below the tree....Awesome pencil freebie from The Teacher Wife! That space will be reserved for student work.
A few more close-ups...
D'Nealian Cursive alphabet made my me. Don't mind that ladder....
I hope you enjoyed this look inside my classroom! Leave a link to yours in the comments! I would love to take a look!
