My 2018-2019 Math Classroom Decorations
Saturday, August 17, 2019
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Well, I've successfully taught my total calendar week of schoolhouse (plus a 2 twenty-four sixty minutes current calendar week before that) at my novel onetime school. In illustration you lot missed the annunciation a few months ago, I have got returned to the high schoolhouse I graduated from to learn Algebra 2 as well as Pre-Calculus.
The yesteryear span of weeks have got been crazy alongside learning how things at my novel schoolhouse work. My novel district adopted digital textbooks for math, as well as at that topographic point have got definitely been a few unexpected snafus, but nosotros are working through them. Sadly, this has meant that a lot of the release energy I've unremarkably had at the start out of the twelvemonth to write weblog posts has been redirected towards emails to the tech division as well as administrators almost what has been working as well as what hasn't. Now that things are existence figured out, I figured it's fourth dimension to portion alongside you lot all what I've been upwards to inwards regards to my classroom!
So, what improve way to start out than showing you lot my newly decorated classroom?
Let's start out alongside the door since that's where you lot come inwards my classroom which is actually my "home away from home."
Above my door hangs my Mrs. Carter sign that was a gift from my onetime schoolhouse when I got married as well as changed my squall from Ms. Hagan to Mrs. Carter.
Below that, I have got 2 decorations. First, my We Learn Math. What's Your Superpower? poster. You tin dismiss download a re-create of this poster here.
Below the window, I have got my When you lot come inwards this classroom... quote poster of sorts. This was i of my rattling maiden of all projects for my rattling maiden of all classroom equally a maiden of all twelvemonth teacher. I'm directly inwards my 7th twelvemonth of teaching, as well as this quote is nonetheless welcoming students into my classroom! You tin dismiss download the files to brand your ain version of this quote here.
You only idea nosotros were done alongside the door. Let's plow or then directly as well as banking company check out the other side of the door.
Like in conclusion year, I decided to hang my GEMDAS guild of operations posters on the door alongside my grouping symbols poster. You tin dismiss discovery these posters here.
Above the door, I hung my pennants from the universities where I earned my bachelor's as well as master's degrees. Last twelvemonth later on I was named i of twelve finalists for 2018 Oklahoma Teacher of the Year, I received a tending bundle from UTA that included a pennant as well as a scarf inwards my school's colors. I asked my sis to acquire me a TU pennant for Christmas in conclusion twelvemonth then that I would last able to hang them both inwards my classroom. I'm super happy alongside how they appear inwards my classroom!
Next to the door, I hung a re-create of the bell schedule that I reformatted to lucifer on 11 x 17 cardstock (affiliate link). My novel schoolhouse has dissimilar bell schedules for Monday-Thursday, Friday, as well as Fri Early Release. This way a lot to a greater extent than dissimilar times to maintain rails of than I'm used to!
Next to that, I hung my Red/Yellow/Green Team Cups posters. I appear frontwards to using these cups for formative assessment equally students piece of employment inwards groups. It also helps me to focus on which groups demand my assist ASAP as well as which groups tin dismiss move along for a fight without my immediate assistance. You tin dismiss discovery the posters here as well as read to a greater extent than almost the loving cup strategy here.
My classroom nonetheless has a SMART Board, but my schoolhouse is slow phasing these out. The math division was chosen to have 65" televisions to supervene upon our SMARTboards this year. The projector hooked to my SMARTboard nonetheless works, but whenever it dies it volition non last replaced. So, I'm trying to rely completely on my TV as well as non usage my SMARTboard this year. Maybe I should hang some posters on it to have got payoff of this space...
Here's what my tv looks like.
Next to my SMARTboard, I have got my posters that remind students what they demand to banking company check for when making a graph. I stole this TULSA mnemonic device from here.
I was then excited when I saw that my novel classroom nonetheless had a wall of cabinets. I've had this inwards my in conclusion 2 classrooms, as well as I didn't know how I was going to adjust to having a classroom without built inwards storage. Plus, cabinets are awesome for hanging posters!
My Roman Numerals poster tin dismiss last downloaded here. The Naming Polynomials poster tin dismiss last industrial plant life here.
To the correct of these posters, I have got my inequality as well as equality symbol posters. These posters are portion of a larger laid of math symbols posters that I blogged almost several years ago. I didn't have got room for all of the math symbols, then I chose these since they seem to last referenced the most.
My SOH CAH TOA posters are a must this twelvemonth since I'll last instruction trigonometry equally a portion of Pre-Calc. I've uploaded the files for these posters here. To the correct are my Includes vs Excludes posters. These posters are constantly referenced yesteryear my students! In years past, I have got had students complain when I took them downward alone a few days before the schoolhouse twelvemonth ended because they were trying to reference them piece retaking a quiz. They have got already came inwards cracking usage this twelvemonth equally we've been doing domain as well as range! Download them here.
My in conclusion cabinet ornament is my Pythagorean Triple posters. I'm hoping these volition last useful inwards our trig units inwards pre-calc. These posters tin dismiss last industrial plant life here.
My prime number position out nautical chart was a labor of dear this summer. It's humongous, then you lot tin dismiss encounter it no affair where you lot are inwards the classroom. Not certain how to read this chart? There's a helpful tutorial here. I volition hopefully acquire the files for this poster upwards on the weblog soon!
The alone wall large plenty to agree this humongous poster was inwards a higher identify my desk.
One thing I'm non used to almost my novel classroom is that at that topographic point is alone i bulletin board. You won't discovery me complaining, though, because this is because I have got iii whiteboards (31 feet total of whiteboard space)!
For my bulletin board, I decided to start out the twelvemonth off yesteryear hanging upwards my Truth Signs posters that I made several years ago.
Above the Truth Signs, I position upwards my Perfect Squares as well as Perfect Cubes posters. I blogged almost these as well as shared the files here.
Next to these posters, you lot tin dismiss grab a glimpse of my stellated icosahedrons that I made a few years agone from straws as well as curling ribbon. I industrial plant life a rattling helpful tutorial here.
I dear the visuals these posters furnish for my students. I fifty-fifty discovery myself referencing them!
At the end, I hung some other poster titled "More Perfect Squares."
Here's the other 2 of my dry out erase boards. I wasn't completely certain almost the tv's placement at first, but it turns out it's placed perfectly.
Next to the dry out erase board yesteryear my desk, I posted the rear functions posters that I stole from my hubby since he's taking the side yesteryear side 2 years off from instruction high schoolhouse to pursue his master's marker inwards applied mathematics. I volition demand to brand a few to a greater extent than when nosotros acquire a fight further inwards pre-calc. You tin dismiss download these posters from his weblog here.
As for the other posters, hither are the appropriate download links:
My long dry out erase board is meant to last the focal squall for of the room alongside the tv hanging to the side of it. I position my position out line of piece of employment inwards a higher identify this board. We reference this position out line of piece of employment ALL THE TIME. I firmly believe every math classroom needs a position out line! I ofttimes discovery my students belongings their pencils upwards inwards the air to count things off on the position out line. As we've been doing domain as well as gain inwards Algebra 2, the positive as well as negative infinity posters have got been peculiarly helpful.
The position out line of piece of employment file is from Frank Tapson. I shared a link to it here. The positive as well as negative infinity symbols tin dismiss last downloaded here.
To the left of my dry out erase board, I have got my TI-84 reference poster.
Above my position out line, I hung the function/expression/equation poster that I shared on twitter before this summer. I industrial plant life an prototype on twitter, as well as my amazing husband, Shaun, turned it into a poster for me. He shared the files for this poster on his here.
Underneath my dry out erase board, I position upwards my Greek Alphabet posters. Students LOVE looking at these posters. They come upwards inwards actually useful when introducing concepts such equally using delta for modify inwards regards to the gradient formula inwards Algebra 1 as well as theta inwards Trig. You tin dismiss download these posters here.
I currently have got 30 desks inwards my room (and 2 of my marker periods have got precisely 30 students). So, I have got my desks arranged inwards 6 groups of five. Here's what that ends upwards looking like. I dear that at that topographic point is nonetheless an opened upwards infinite inwards the optic of the room. I appear frontwards to using this infinite for activities! Maybe fifty-fifty for pulling out my shower drapery coordinate plane!
Seeing this in conclusion film reminded me of a poster I didn't demo you lot earlier. My clock pi sign! This was inspired yesteryear here.
If I missed whatsoever download links, delight allow me know! And, if you lot produce upwards one's withdraw heed to usage some of my posters, I'd dear to encounter pictures of them inwards your space! I'm looking frontwards to sharing alongside you lot guys all the cracking mathematical discoveries nosotros brand inwards this learning space!
The yesteryear span of weeks have got been crazy alongside learning how things at my novel schoolhouse work. My novel district adopted digital textbooks for math, as well as at that topographic point have got definitely been a few unexpected snafus, but nosotros are working through them. Sadly, this has meant that a lot of the release energy I've unremarkably had at the start out of the twelvemonth to write weblog posts has been redirected towards emails to the tech division as well as administrators almost what has been working as well as what hasn't. Now that things are existence figured out, I figured it's fourth dimension to portion alongside you lot all what I've been upwards to inwards regards to my classroom!
So, what improve way to start out than showing you lot my newly decorated classroom?
Let's start out alongside the door since that's where you lot come inwards my classroom which is actually my "home away from home."
Above my door hangs my Mrs. Carter sign that was a gift from my onetime schoolhouse when I got married as well as changed my squall from Ms. Hagan to Mrs. Carter.
Below that, I have got 2 decorations. First, my We Learn Math. What's Your Superpower? poster. You tin dismiss download a re-create of this poster here.
Below the window, I have got my When you lot come inwards this classroom... quote poster of sorts. This was i of my rattling maiden of all projects for my rattling maiden of all classroom equally a maiden of all twelvemonth teacher. I'm directly inwards my 7th twelvemonth of teaching, as well as this quote is nonetheless welcoming students into my classroom! You tin dismiss download the files to brand your ain version of this quote here.
Beside my door is i of my all-time favorite classroom decorations - my math-y welcome sign. You tin dismiss discovery the file for these posters here.
Okay. Enough pictures from exterior my classroom. Let's caput inside! This is the persuasion from the door.
You only idea nosotros were done alongside the door. Let's plow or then directly as well as banking company check out the other side of the door.
Like in conclusion year, I decided to hang my GEMDAS guild of operations posters on the door alongside my grouping symbols poster. You tin dismiss discovery these posters here.
Above the door, I hung my pennants from the universities where I earned my bachelor's as well as master's degrees. Last twelvemonth later on I was named i of twelve finalists for 2018 Oklahoma Teacher of the Year, I received a tending bundle from UTA that included a pennant as well as a scarf inwards my school's colors. I asked my sis to acquire me a TU pennant for Christmas in conclusion twelvemonth then that I would last able to hang them both inwards my classroom. I'm super happy alongside how they appear inwards my classroom!
Next to the door, I hung a re-create of the bell schedule that I reformatted to lucifer on 11 x 17 cardstock (affiliate link). My novel schoolhouse has dissimilar bell schedules for Monday-Thursday, Friday, as well as Fri Early Release. This way a lot to a greater extent than dissimilar times to maintain rails of than I'm used to!
Next to that, I hung my Red/Yellow/Green Team Cups posters. I appear frontwards to using these cups for formative assessment equally students piece of employment inwards groups. It also helps me to focus on which groups demand my assist ASAP as well as which groups tin dismiss move along for a fight without my immediate assistance. You tin dismiss discovery the posters here as well as read to a greater extent than almost the loving cup strategy here.
My classroom nonetheless has a SMART Board, but my schoolhouse is slow phasing these out. The math division was chosen to have 65" televisions to supervene upon our SMARTboards this year. The projector hooked to my SMARTboard nonetheless works, but whenever it dies it volition non last replaced. So, I'm trying to rely completely on my TV as well as non usage my SMARTboard this year. Maybe I should hang some posters on it to have got payoff of this space...
Here's what my tv looks like.
Next to my SMARTboard, I have got my posters that remind students what they demand to banking company check for when making a graph. I stole this TULSA mnemonic device from here.
I was then excited when I saw that my novel classroom nonetheless had a wall of cabinets. I've had this inwards my in conclusion 2 classrooms, as well as I didn't know how I was going to adjust to having a classroom without built inwards storage. Plus, cabinets are awesome for hanging posters!
My Roman Numerals poster tin dismiss last downloaded here. The Naming Polynomials poster tin dismiss last industrial plant life here.
My SOH CAH TOA posters are a must this twelvemonth since I'll last instruction trigonometry equally a portion of Pre-Calc. I've uploaded the files for these posters here. To the correct are my Includes vs Excludes posters. These posters are constantly referenced yesteryear my students! In years past, I have got had students complain when I took them downward alone a few days before the schoolhouse twelvemonth ended because they were trying to reference them piece retaking a quiz. They have got already came inwards cracking usage this twelvemonth equally we've been doing domain as well as range! Download them here.
My in conclusion cabinet ornament is my Pythagorean Triple posters. I'm hoping these volition last useful inwards our trig units inwards pre-calc. These posters tin dismiss last industrial plant life here.
My prime number position out nautical chart was a labor of dear this summer. It's humongous, then you lot tin dismiss encounter it no affair where you lot are inwards the classroom. Not certain how to read this chart? There's a helpful tutorial here. I volition hopefully acquire the files for this poster upwards on the weblog soon!
The alone wall large plenty to agree this humongous poster was inwards a higher identify my desk.
One thing I'm non used to almost my novel classroom is that at that topographic point is alone i bulletin board. You won't discovery me complaining, though, because this is because I have got iii whiteboards (31 feet total of whiteboard space)!
For my bulletin board, I decided to start out the twelvemonth off yesteryear hanging upwards my Truth Signs posters that I made several years ago.
Above the Truth Signs, I position upwards my Perfect Squares as well as Perfect Cubes posters. I blogged almost these as well as shared the files here.
Next to these posters, you lot tin dismiss grab a glimpse of my stellated icosahedrons that I made a few years agone from straws as well as curling ribbon. I industrial plant life a rattling helpful tutorial here.
I dear the visuals these posters furnish for my students. I fifty-fifty discovery myself referencing them!
At the end, I hung some other poster titled "More Perfect Squares."
Here's the other 2 of my dry out erase boards. I wasn't completely certain almost the tv's placement at first, but it turns out it's placed perfectly.
Next to the dry out erase board yesteryear my desk, I posted the rear functions posters that I stole from my hubby since he's taking the side yesteryear side 2 years off from instruction high schoolhouse to pursue his master's marker inwards applied mathematics. I volition demand to brand a few to a greater extent than when nosotros acquire a fight further inwards pre-calc. You tin dismiss download these posters from his weblog here.
As for the other posters, hither are the appropriate download links:
- Horizontal/Vertical Lettering
- Mistakes are Expected, Inspected, Respected, Corrected
- Keep Calm as well as Combine Like Terms
- N/O as well as O/K Fractions
- Left as well as Right Signs
My long dry out erase board is meant to last the focal squall for of the room alongside the tv hanging to the side of it. I position my position out line of piece of employment inwards a higher identify this board. We reference this position out line of piece of employment ALL THE TIME. I firmly believe every math classroom needs a position out line! I ofttimes discovery my students belongings their pencils upwards inwards the air to count things off on the position out line. As we've been doing domain as well as gain inwards Algebra 2, the positive as well as negative infinity posters have got been peculiarly helpful.
The position out line of piece of employment file is from Frank Tapson. I shared a link to it here. The positive as well as negative infinity symbols tin dismiss last downloaded here.
To the left of my dry out erase board, I have got my TI-84 reference poster.
Above my position out line, I hung the function/expression/equation poster that I shared on twitter before this summer. I industrial plant life an prototype on twitter, as well as my amazing husband, Shaun, turned it into a poster for me. He shared the files for this poster on his here.
Underneath my dry out erase board, I position upwards my Greek Alphabet posters. Students LOVE looking at these posters. They come upwards inwards actually useful when introducing concepts such equally using delta for modify inwards regards to the gradient formula inwards Algebra 1 as well as theta inwards Trig. You tin dismiss download these posters here.
I currently have got 30 desks inwards my room (and 2 of my marker periods have got precisely 30 students). So, I have got my desks arranged inwards 6 groups of five. Here's what that ends upwards looking like. I dear that at that topographic point is nonetheless an opened upwards infinite inwards the optic of the room. I appear frontwards to using this infinite for activities! Maybe fifty-fifty for pulling out my shower drapery coordinate plane!
Seeing this in conclusion film reminded me of a poster I didn't demo you lot earlier. My clock pi sign! This was inspired yesteryear here.
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