Monday, March 9, 2015

Another Classroom Set-up

Another placement, another classroom layout. During the first week of placement I again thought about how I might arrange the classroom. My teacher's layout is really good--space for students to walk, space for groups, space for independent work, space for whole group. But, I enjoyed imagining a whole new layout.

Here is the general classroom layout. I paid special attention to make multiple spaces to work which I could clearly see from the guided reading table. This would make centers better for classroom management. I also wanted a place where we were together as a class--this is shown both in the large carpet and in the arrangement of the main desks and teacher's desk.


As you may notice, I somewhat blatantly ignored the good advice about classroom pets. However, consider this plan a 9 years down the road ideal classroom layout. The carpets themselves would be too expensive to have, much less multiple class pets. 

I thought it might be nice to have hedgehog pillows in the library, such as one of these.

And maybe a hedgehog stuffed animal to go with that theme.

And then above the long bookshelf of the library I could hang a picture of a forest. And on the extra whiteboard space on the wall with the smartboard I could ask one of my friends to do dry erase marker art of treehouses. 

So that was my fun thoughts from the first couple weeks of placement. Again, I'd love to hear about your classroom dreams and visions--whether specific to the classroom you're currently in or some thoughts for the potential future. 


1 comment:

  1. I have recently been thinking about this a lot. My teacher's room is Charlie Brown themed. It is super cute and she put a lot of time and resources into making it a friendly environment in which the students are comfortable in. However, I am really starting to worry about the expenses that go along with creating/designing a happy and friendly environment.
    I have a few ideas. I think I want to make mine Dr. Seuss themed. I love all of his quotes and it would allow for me to draw up some of the characters and have the students put crafts all around. I also recently got a sign from the LOFT (yes, the Ann Taylor store). It has all these inspiring words printed vertically. I think it is such an amazing thing to have and creates such a positive atmosphere.

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