8/24/2011

Where It All Goes Down Wednesday

Today is Where It All Goes Down Wednesday over at Blog Hoppin' and that means classroom tours!  What fun!  I'm still ironing out some of the details, and we haven't yet started school, but here are my pics.  I'll be posting more once we are underway in the school year.

Here's the front door with all of my "busy little bees."

Here's the Calendar area.  I change this area a little each month, adding new features and taking away some.  Each pencil on the board has a student's name (smudged out now) to indicate the Helper of the Day.  The cupcake poster on the right is for birthdays.  Rules have not yet been determined by the class.

This is the door to the bathroom, on which we have our Tooth Tally.  The children love to write their name on the graph after losing a tooth.  Above is the writing bug.  After a book is published I add a segment to the bug.  The writing bug eventually stretches over a couple of walls!

This is the sink area.  After the children decide what our class rules will be they will each cut out a star and hang it on the rainbow there.  We will also discuss good manners, and hang pictures under that sign.

Here's the front of the room.  It's prepped for our Open House evening.  You can see some of our classroom library on the floor there.  This area also changes throughout the year.

Here's a closer view of some of the classroom library.

Here is the computer area.  We actually still use the old "dinosaur" computer near the wall!  I have some terrific review games that only run on that computer.  

I don't yet have a picture of our Word Wall.  It's completely empty right now.  We'll start adding one student name each day (one per day for 20 days), and then we will add five words to the wall each week after they've been practiced for the week.  More on Word Wall procedures will follow in a different post.

Hop over to Blog Hoppin' to see more class tours!




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5 comments:

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  2. Looks great! Hope the first week goes well!

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  3. Oh wow! You have a beautiful classroom, Dee! I love the READ posters near your books and the rainbow star rules. I'm going in tomorrow to get my room put together. Wish me luck!!

    ❀Barbara❀
    Grade ONEderful

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  4. You're a WINNER! I reached 50 followers and did the "draw" for the 50 Giveaway and you're the winner, Dee. Please email me at beleyne@gmail.com so I can mail your Halloween stickers.
    Have a great day!

    ❀Barbara❀
    Grade ONEderful

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  5. Hi Dee! I love your classroom. Do you put all your library books out at once? How do you organize them so the kids know how to put them away?

    PS Where are you in Maine?

    Kimberly

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