A Blank Slate: Photos Of My Novel Classroom
This has been a really busy week. Mon was Memorial Day. I had an all-day textbook preparation on Tuesday. Midweek featured a New Hire Meeting at my novel schoolhouse where I got to fill upwards out fun paperwork. Tomorrow (Friday), I am coming together alongside a squad to create or thus curriculum writing for the solid set down division this summer. This way that a lot of the materials that I demand to acquire done this calendar week has ended upwards on today's to create list.
So, inwards the involvement of procrastinating on said to create list, I figured I would give y'all a peek at my classroom for adjacent year. I was able to acquire keys to my classroom on Tuesday, together with my encephalon is already running alongside ideas of how to decorate it! This volition live on my 3rd novel classroom inwards 3 years. So, I've gotten quite used to decorating novel spaces! In representative y'all missed the announcement, I volition live on education at a novel schoolhouse starting inwards August. After 6 years at Drumright, I'm returning to Coweta High School where I graduated from inwards 2008. It's super exciting to live on coming home. I've already had a few back-to-school nightmares almost my new/old school, though, together with it's only May!
Here's the door to my classroom. I'm hoping to live on able to hang my Math-y Welcome Sign posters on the door. That won't decorate the entire door, thus I think I mightiness brand or thus math symbol posters to decorate the rest. Hmmm....
And, here's the sentiment of the other side of that door. I was able to score a rolling table/cart affair that the library had decided to acquire rid of to sit down correct past times the door. I'm hoping to live on able to lay hand-outs on that tabular array for kids to selection upwards when they walk inwards thus I don't receive got to mitt them out myself. I volition receive got much larger flat sizes than I'm used to, thus I demand to uncovering equally many ways to relieve fourth dimension together with acquire to a greater extent than efficient equally possible.
The start affair my top dog said when he showed me my classroom was that I would definitely non live on disappointed inwards the amount of whiteboard space. He was right. Here is the start of 3 whiteboards.
The minute wall of the classroom features 2 windows, a chalk board coordinate plane, together with or thus other whiteboard. After having a dry out erase coordinate bird for the past times 6 years, I think I'm going to receive got a difficult fourth dimension getting used to using chalk. Luckily, I flora a box of boxes of chalk that or thus other instructor was getting rid of. So, I don't think I volition run out of chalk for the adjacent century.
The podium inwards the corner turned out to live on broken, thus it had to go. But, that's okay because I receive got a wooden podium that my mom flora at a garage sale that I've been using for the past times few years. It fifty-fifty has built inwards storage!
The other window on this wall is past times my desk corner. I truly receive got 2 desks, together with I'm non alone certain how I experience almost that. I create dearest the fact that at that spot is a coat rack hanging on the wall because ordinarily I but cease upwards tossing my coat on the dorsum of my chair only to receive got it autumn off 15 times a day.
The classroom I but left had a giant desk, thus this ane is going to receive got or thus getting used to. I got a chip spoiled the past times 2 years past times having lots of hanging file storage inwards my desk. But, I did acquire by to snag an extra filing cabinet that somebody was getting rid of. It's non inwards the photo, but I think I volition laid it upwards adjacent to my desk for extra storage.
I am super excited almost this bookshelf, though. I've never had a skilful identify to shop textbooks/binders past times my desk thus this is a HUGE plus.
Here's the sentiment from my minute window.
This is my estimator desk. I was super excited to reckon that they receive got already programmed my holler into the telephone.
These filing cabinets are going to come upwards inwards super-handy alongside organizing all of my laminated activities. In the past, I've sorted them alphabetically. But, I'm thinking that alongside viii dissimilar drawers that I volition kind them start past times subject, together with then alphabetically. For example, I desire to receive got split drawers for posters/decorations, games/puzzles, algebra activities, trig activities, scientific discipline activities, etc.
I'm certain this rolling cart volition live on useful for something. I haven't figured that out yet, though. Maybe supplies for students to access???
I was excited to uncovering a magnetic coordinate bird on transcend of the filing cabinet. I haven't lay it together yet, but I'm thinking that volition cease upwards beingness super useful.
Up next, my wall of cabinets. I've been spoiled past times having a wall of cabinets for the past times 2 years, thus I was really worried when task hunting that I was going to receive got to give them up. So glad I don't receive got to!
See those piles of textbooks? Thanks to the aid of my amazing married adult man that Algebra 2 books receive got been carted off to the surplus storage area, together with the Pre-Calculus books receive got been moved to the giant cabinet on the far end. That cabinet also instantly houses Trig books together with Calculus books. SO many books. We are adopting novel books for adjacent year, but they are all digital. I don't know how that's going to go, thus I'm belongings on the to Pre-Calc books but inwards case.
My top dog is hoping to select dorsum Calculus inwards the adjacent few years, thus I didn't desire to acquire rid of the calculus books inwards representative that does cease upwards happening. I approximate it's my task equally the pre-calc instructor to inspire plenty students to sign upwards for calculus inwards club to acquire inwards happen. Of course, I think that way I volition together with then receive got to larn to learn calculus which could live on interesting.
The Algebra 2 books were Common Core aligned, together with nosotros are no longer a Common Core state, thus I didn't experience the demand to continue those since the digital books nosotros adopted are much-more aligned to the Oklahoma standards.
And, the books on the counter were but the start. Almost every ane of those cabinets had fifty-fifty to a greater extent than textbooks inwards them! I had to clear them out to brand room for my ain education supplies.
I originally took a photograph of this tall cabinet because it was locked, together with I couldn't uncovering the key. My married adult man ended upwards beingness able to acquire it opened upwards for me.
The adjacent wall features a bulletin board, together with the 3rd whiteboard. I'm used to having to a greater extent than than but ane bulletin board to decorate, but I volition even thus receive got plenty of wall infinite to decorate.
There is also a SMARTBoard on this wall. The schoolhouse is piece of cake phasing out the SMARTBoards, thus I've been told that a 65" TV volition live on installed over the summertime to supersede the SMARTBoard, together with I volition live on given a tablet to write on that volition projection on the TV. I'm non certain if this way they volition receive got the SMARTBoard downwards together with lay the TV at that spot or if they volition lay the TV somewhere else... I approximate I volition but receive got to facial expression together with see!
And, instantly we're dorsum to the door, thus I approximate this concludes the cease of my novel classroom tour.
Yesterday, my married adult man together with I spent hours tossing out pile later on pile later on pile of papers from every drawer imaginable. I was excited to uncovering a dainty stash of dry out erase markers that volition definitely come upwards inwards handy alongside dry out erase boards on 3 out of 4 walls!
Of course, most of my other finds were much less exciting. Unlabeled floppy disks, anyone?
I also can't aid but portion a photograph of the bulletin board straight exterior my novel classroom.
You mightiness retrieve a like bulletin board that I lay upwards inwards my classroom inwards 2014 that went viral on twitter together with pinterest. It's really cool to realize that something I did inwards my classroom 4 years agone has had an demeanor upon on students inwards my ain hometown.
Okay, ane terminal affair together with I hope I volition cease this post together with acquire upwards to something that's truly productive. I learned this calendar week that each division at my novel schoolhouse has a mission statement. How cool is that?!?
If y'all receive got whatsoever decorating ideas, I'd LOVE to listen them!
So, inwards the involvement of procrastinating on said to create list, I figured I would give y'all a peek at my classroom for adjacent year. I was able to acquire keys to my classroom on Tuesday, together with my encephalon is already running alongside ideas of how to decorate it! This volition live on my 3rd novel classroom inwards 3 years. So, I've gotten quite used to decorating novel spaces! In representative y'all missed the announcement, I volition live on education at a novel schoolhouse starting inwards August. After 6 years at Drumright, I'm returning to Coweta High School where I graduated from inwards 2008. It's super exciting to live on coming home. I've already had a few back-to-school nightmares almost my new/old school, though, together with it's only May!
Here's the door to my classroom. I'm hoping to live on able to hang my Math-y Welcome Sign posters on the door. That won't decorate the entire door, thus I think I mightiness brand or thus math symbol posters to decorate the rest. Hmmm....
And, here's the sentiment of the other side of that door. I was able to score a rolling table/cart affair that the library had decided to acquire rid of to sit down correct past times the door. I'm hoping to live on able to lay hand-outs on that tabular array for kids to selection upwards when they walk inwards thus I don't receive got to mitt them out myself. I volition receive got much larger flat sizes than I'm used to, thus I demand to uncovering equally many ways to relieve fourth dimension together with acquire to a greater extent than efficient equally possible.
The start affair my top dog said when he showed me my classroom was that I would definitely non live on disappointed inwards the amount of whiteboard space. He was right. Here is the start of 3 whiteboards.
The minute wall of the classroom features 2 windows, a chalk board coordinate plane, together with or thus other whiteboard. After having a dry out erase coordinate bird for the past times 6 years, I think I'm going to receive got a difficult fourth dimension getting used to using chalk. Luckily, I flora a box of boxes of chalk that or thus other instructor was getting rid of. So, I don't think I volition run out of chalk for the adjacent century.
The podium inwards the corner turned out to live on broken, thus it had to go. But, that's okay because I receive got a wooden podium that my mom flora at a garage sale that I've been using for the past times few years. It fifty-fifty has built inwards storage!
The other window on this wall is past times my desk corner. I truly receive got 2 desks, together with I'm non alone certain how I experience almost that. I create dearest the fact that at that spot is a coat rack hanging on the wall because ordinarily I but cease upwards tossing my coat on the dorsum of my chair only to receive got it autumn off 15 times a day.
The classroom I but left had a giant desk, thus this ane is going to receive got or thus getting used to. I got a chip spoiled the past times 2 years past times having lots of hanging file storage inwards my desk. But, I did acquire by to snag an extra filing cabinet that somebody was getting rid of. It's non inwards the photo, but I think I volition laid it upwards adjacent to my desk for extra storage.
I am super excited almost this bookshelf, though. I've never had a skilful identify to shop textbooks/binders past times my desk thus this is a HUGE plus.
Here's the sentiment from my minute window.
This is my estimator desk. I was super excited to reckon that they receive got already programmed my holler into the telephone.
These filing cabinets are going to come upwards inwards super-handy alongside organizing all of my laminated activities. In the past, I've sorted them alphabetically. But, I'm thinking that alongside viii dissimilar drawers that I volition kind them start past times subject, together with then alphabetically. For example, I desire to receive got split drawers for posters/decorations, games/puzzles, algebra activities, trig activities, scientific discipline activities, etc.
I'm certain this rolling cart volition live on useful for something. I haven't figured that out yet, though. Maybe supplies for students to access???
I was excited to uncovering a magnetic coordinate bird on transcend of the filing cabinet. I haven't lay it together yet, but I'm thinking that volition cease upwards beingness super useful.
Up next, my wall of cabinets. I've been spoiled past times having a wall of cabinets for the past times 2 years, thus I was really worried when task hunting that I was going to receive got to give them up. So glad I don't receive got to!
See those piles of textbooks? Thanks to the aid of my amazing married adult man that Algebra 2 books receive got been carted off to the surplus storage area, together with the Pre-Calculus books receive got been moved to the giant cabinet on the far end. That cabinet also instantly houses Trig books together with Calculus books. SO many books. We are adopting novel books for adjacent year, but they are all digital. I don't know how that's going to go, thus I'm belongings on the to Pre-Calc books but inwards case.
My top dog is hoping to select dorsum Calculus inwards the adjacent few years, thus I didn't desire to acquire rid of the calculus books inwards representative that does cease upwards happening. I approximate it's my task equally the pre-calc instructor to inspire plenty students to sign upwards for calculus inwards club to acquire inwards happen. Of course, I think that way I volition together with then receive got to larn to learn calculus which could live on interesting.
The Algebra 2 books were Common Core aligned, together with nosotros are no longer a Common Core state, thus I didn't experience the demand to continue those since the digital books nosotros adopted are much-more aligned to the Oklahoma standards.
And, the books on the counter were but the start. Almost every ane of those cabinets had fifty-fifty to a greater extent than textbooks inwards them! I had to clear them out to brand room for my ain education supplies.
I originally took a photograph of this tall cabinet because it was locked, together with I couldn't uncovering the key. My married adult man ended upwards beingness able to acquire it opened upwards for me.
The adjacent wall features a bulletin board, together with the 3rd whiteboard. I'm used to having to a greater extent than than but ane bulletin board to decorate, but I volition even thus receive got plenty of wall infinite to decorate.
There is also a SMARTBoard on this wall. The schoolhouse is piece of cake phasing out the SMARTBoards, thus I've been told that a 65" TV volition live on installed over the summertime to supersede the SMARTBoard, together with I volition live on given a tablet to write on that volition projection on the TV. I'm non certain if this way they volition receive got the SMARTBoard downwards together with lay the TV at that spot or if they volition lay the TV somewhere else... I approximate I volition but receive got to facial expression together with see!
And, instantly we're dorsum to the door, thus I approximate this concludes the cease of my novel classroom tour.
Yesterday, my married adult man together with I spent hours tossing out pile later on pile later on pile of papers from every drawer imaginable. I was excited to uncovering a dainty stash of dry out erase markers that volition definitely come upwards inwards handy alongside dry out erase boards on 3 out of 4 walls!
Of course, most of my other finds were much less exciting. Unlabeled floppy disks, anyone?
I also can't aid but portion a photograph of the bulletin board straight exterior my novel classroom.
You mightiness retrieve a like bulletin board that I lay upwards inwards my classroom inwards 2014 that went viral on twitter together with pinterest. It's really cool to realize that something I did inwards my classroom 4 years agone has had an demeanor upon on students inwards my ain hometown.
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If y'all receive got whatsoever decorating ideas, I'd LOVE to listen them!
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