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Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Classroom Organization

I try my hardest to make sure my classroom is as organized as it can be...or at least I know where to hide stuff! It just makes me a little calmer each day and makes it easier for me to tackle my day. I decided to take some pictures of my room and some things I find helpful. Thanks for checking out my pictures!


I LOVE Binders! I think they are so much easier then file folders. I have broken them down by subject, and then down further based on the units/quarters.


My Front Bulletin Board - AR point chart and Vocabulary (which I change with the content unit we are working on)
My "Teacher" Books - each is filed by subject and labeled. The binders I am using sit behind my desk (maybe I should have straightened them before taking this picture...ha ha).


Writing Anchor Charts we made as a class

My first year of Daily 5 = TONS of Anchor Charts! 

I organize my math groups like reading groups - they rotate through meeting with me, centers (math games), and seat work. The lists are laminated so groups can always change!

Daily 5 Book Boxes...some of them...

The rest! With 28 kids we have lots of book boxes.

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Biographies

We have been working hard (in between our state testing) on our Presidential biographies. Before writing, the students read different biographies about famous athletes to learn about the characteristics of a biography. Instead of doing a "normal" written response, I opted to do a Bio-Poem. The kids loved it and they turned out very cool.