Finally, I've been able to download some pictures of my room! It's been a crazy beginning of a year (looping is a breeze), but reality is that changing grades is not. The difference is big and second grade has a demanding curriculum with the "New" Florida State Standards (formerly Common Core Standards) Well, anyways.... as I get used to the change I have to make sure my classroom looked different for my buddies... here are some pics. What do you think?
My calendar is not as interactive as it used to be in first. I find we don't have time to introduce many things. So, I have a calendar person (helper) who changes the calendar daily. He/she changes the number of the day. The students complete their morning binder related to the calendar. I love the binder... I don't have to make copies and they love working with erasable markers. The lovely helper chart plus calendar are from www.surfinthroughsecond.com . I did add the tree and other monkey pics on top of her animal pics to keep my monkey theme (I've had this theme for more than 8 years!). The little tags you see on the dog poster are also from Corinna Gandara's TPT store. These are a hit! They love getting their beads every time the get COWABONGA. Now, the dog sort of goes with my theme; surfing monkeys/ animals/kids, I love dogs... I have a beagle. So, in my head, I guess it all makes sense, lol.
This is my Common Board as we call it here in our school. It has the behavior which is part of the tags awards. They go up or down depending on behavior. I used to have bucket full of bananas. It was cute and worked well as well. They would loose bananas or get them back. It complemented my Bucket fillers activity you see below the board. I truly love this activity and we do it every now and then. This class knows it well and we did it a lot last year. This year we haven't found the time to write notes to each other. I have to make that a priority this week. Do you know the Bucket filler's activity? It's a wonderful heart filling activity to do with your class all year; go here to research a bit about it http://www.bucketfillers101.com/faqs.php
This is the back of my room. We have two white boards which I find a little unnecessary. So, I use it as a bulleting board. In first grade, I used it as a word wall with magnetic words. It worked great. This year I have to post kids benchmark tests. Here you see the two charts I will use until I find something more appealing to the eye. The surfboards are for my A.R. wall. Although, I changed it and added waves to the right of the picture. I will re-post soon with that. Did I tell you my class buddies are avid readers! We won the A.R. (Accelerated reader) challenge last year with more than 3,000 points which meant we read more than 6,000 books; and yes they were first graders! I'm so proud of my kiddos. Wonder why I looped? :) I will share more about my program of sending books home in another post.
This is our class library! I 'm excited about it. The reason I'm excited is because in our school this side of the room was made for the teachers' desk. I decided to move the desk out of the way and placed it on another side of the room, and this little nook became my new library space. The bulleting board will showcase an author every month plus the reading skill of the week. This month is for the author Cynthia Rylant- Henry and Mugde Books. The monkey is Charlie our Mascot. :) Oh, and the fans are not a part of the decoration; this year my room has ac problems :(.
I hope you've enjoyed the tour of my classroom. More pics will follow. Thanks, Lymari
Awesome!
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