Welcome to Room 15!Getting ready to welcome kiddos into your classroom takes a ton of preparation and planning. Take one thing off your plate by using content posters from yearly curriculum to create a collage bulletin board! I love using this as my back-to-school bulletin board because... 1. it's QUICK and EASY! 2. it gives the students and their parents a snapshot of our school year.Yellow Book Bins - Target Dollar Spot White Book Bins - Home Depot Green Picture Book Bins - Really Good Stuff Teal Bins (math centers) - Yard Sale Orange Bin - IKEA Here is the front of our room. Our "Go For It" bulletin board is for centers and early finishers. (Look out for an upcoming blog post!) Our "Eagle Data" bulletin board ties into our school PBIS initiative. The class can earn White Eagle tickets for positive behavior and individuals can earn Blue Eagle tickets for positive behavior. This bulletin board shows students what they can earn with their Blue Eagles (10 - show and tell, 20 - prize box, 50 - Liberty prize, 100 - lunch in the classroom). We pin our White Eagles up to create a bar graph to track our White Eagle data; the categories are Hallway, Specials, Office, Cafeteria, and Other. The class determines a White Eagle goal and when they reach their goal they earn a reward (recorded on mini-whiteboard). We also have a weekly marble goal and reward (recorded on the mini-whiteboard).Round Rugs - Bath Mats, Target Bench - Yard Sale Storage Bin Tower - IKEA Originally this cart was filled with 15 of the clear bins. I decided I wanted more storage options so I removed most of the clear bins and replaced them with smaller, green bins. The remaining clear bins are our group tool boxes. Having group tool boxes make distributing supplies incredibly easy! Right now our tool boxes have white boards, expo markers, mini-erasers, rulers, sticky notes, tape, and pens, but the supplies will change depending on unit. The green bins hold our reading center supplies and our community supplies (extra crayons, markers, tape, etc.).Green Bins - Really Good Stuff Toolbox Green Baskets - Dollar Tree I'm so excited about using magnetic, vertical centers this year! I thought vertical centers would provide interactive classroom decor while making certain centers easier to monitor. (Look out for an upcoming blog post; I'll let you know how they work!)Magnetic Board - Oil Drip Pan, $11, Walmart Paper Protectors - Target Dollar Spot Letter and Number Magnets - Yard Sale Round Rugs - Bath Mats, Target This is our classroom Maker Space! Students love visiting this section of our classroom to participate in STEM challenges or to create a project that they designed themselves! My husband trimmed a bin organizer so that it would fit under the back counter of the room. The most important part of a Maker Space is providing clear organization and easy access to supplies. I love being able to store supplies vertically, it really maximizes the work space.Green Magnetic Board - Oil Drip Pan, Walmart Scissor Holder - Magnetic Knife Rack, IKEA Round Supply Storage - Spice Holder, IKEA Green Bins - Really Good Stuff Teal Organizers - Michaels Pink and Yellow Mini Boxes - IKEA Every teacher needs her space. This year I am using a storage system to hold reading group supplies, leveled books, and other teacher supplies. I also got a rolling cart to hold manipulatives and other daily supplies used for guided math and reading. I'm excited to be able to roll the cart up to my kidney table while I'm working with small groups of students! My picture board was created form an old crib frame. I wrapped material around the border and left the metal, cross-hatch center black. It is light-weight and easily hung with Command Hooks. Use clothespins to display all the special pictures your kiddos draw for you throughout the year!Stair Storage Bin Tower - Yard Sale (IKEA originally) Cart - Target Crib Frame - Freecycle Thanks for stopping by!
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As I reorganized my classroom library this year I realized how droopy my book bin labels had gotten! I like the idea of yarn - taping labels is always annoying...."Is it straight?", the hard-to-read shiney-ness, and gross goo if you ever try to remove the labels... Here is my solution: PIPE CLEANERS!*I'm probably not the first person to think of this, but I was super excited about it! Here's why I'm loving the pipe cleaners so far!1) label hangs straight. 2) pipe cleaners won't get droopy over time. 3) it fills the hole on the label (which weirdly always bothered me with my yarn...). How? Simply thread the pipe cleaner in and out of the label and then push each end through your bin; twist the ends tightly on the inside and wrap the excess under your twist. Hope this helps your classroom set-up! :) |
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