I hereby declare that our fourth grade classroom is officially ready to activity...and here's your preview.
In the first photo below, you will find the door to our room,guarded by two file cabinets full of papers and junk that I rarely go through. Move to the right in that picture, and you'll see a storage closet. Beside that are more storage cabinets, which sit above our cloak racks (I like to call them that as it reminds me of my own elementary teachers way back in the 20th Century.). In the far right corner is our sink. Blocking the sink in this picture is Mission Control.
In the first photo below, you will find the door to our room,guarded by two file cabinets full of papers and junk that I rarely go through. Move to the right in that picture, and you'll see a storage closet. Beside that are more storage cabinets, which sit above our cloak racks (I like to call them that as it reminds me of my own elementary teachers way back in the 20th Century.). In the far right corner is our sink. Blocking the sink in this picture is Mission Control.
More visible in the second photo, Mission Control is my home base. It consists of a small computer desk, a table, and a rolling wood shelf. This year, I have situated Mission Control at a 45-degree angle to everything else in the room in order to facilitate more direct access to the SMART Board. In front of the interactive board is our carpeted stage (with storage below). The stage and the SMART Board provide us with an excellent area for direct and explicit instruction. Students come to this area with chairs, or they sit on the floor. To the right of the stage is a rolling cart that can hold demonstrations materials or notes as the teacher teaches.
The third photo is the first view people have when they enter the room. Two large windows rest on the far wall at each end of the room, with tables below them which hold school supplies. Between the windows are our main book shelves. We have six tables at which students sit for the majority of their working time. Students also have access to the floor, sitting on the floor at the stage, or they may stand at a taller table, visible in the foreground of this picture.
The last photo here is our dry-erase board. Between two bulletin boards are three more of our six working tables. At the top of the white board (in the left half) are some papers that can be written on with light (when the room lights are extinguished. Above the board are fluorescent papers that can shine under black light.
The third photo is the first view people have when they enter the room. Two large windows rest on the far wall at each end of the room, with tables below them which hold school supplies. Between the windows are our main book shelves. We have six tables at which students sit for the majority of their working time. Students also have access to the floor, sitting on the floor at the stage, or they may stand at a taller table, visible in the foreground of this picture.
The last photo here is our dry-erase board. Between two bulletin boards are three more of our six working tables. At the top of the white board (in the left half) are some papers that can be written on with light (when the room lights are extinguished. Above the board are fluorescent papers that can shine under black light.
