| Front door into classroom with
filing cabinet and storage closet. |
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| Inside the front
door we have small mail cubbies, my filing cabinet (for attendance
check-in and lunch choice), and our NCES All-Star board. |
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| This is my 'teacher station'. I
keep all needed materials in the large open file box and my lesson plan
book stays on the counter. |
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| Another close-up shot of my work
station. |
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| This is our meeting rug where we
do most of our whole group lessons. I use the easel all the time! |
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| Close-up of my Picture Book
Shelf. The books on top are my special teacher books and the bottom two
sections are for 'check-out'. I bought the shelf when our local shopette
(in Alaska) was renovating. Best $50 I have ever spent!! |
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| My Word-Wall is magnetic so
children can take a word off and use it. It will grow as the year
progresses. The chart to the left is our rotation chart for Reading /
Writing Workshop. |
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| Our Home Living area is in a
nice, bright spot of the classroom. |
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| We have several reading spots in the
classroom. This area has tubs with different authors and genres. We also keep our book tubs here. Children are
allowed to select 3-5 new books everyday. I model how to change out
books at the beginning of the year. |
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| This is our 'Information
Station'. We keep thematic materials as well as nonfiction readers in
this corner. |
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| Another shot of
our 'Information Station' |
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| This is our Reading and Writing
Workshop materials. We also have a listening center in this area.
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| We use the meeting area to do
weather and calendar updates. I also use the Royal Reading / Writing
Easel in this area. |
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| Close-up of the Weather /
Calendar wall. |
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| First Day of school!!!! Tables
set and ready to go! |
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