2014-2015 Classroom Pics - My Nearly Colorful Room Yet!
Tuesday, October 1, 2019
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Welcome to my high schoolhouse algebra in addition to trig classroom! It seems similar everyone has some sort of comment to brand when they walk into my classroom in addition to consider it for the initiative of all time. My principal: "Well, it's sure colorful inwards here!" Others: "Are y'all sure your room isn't equally good visually stimulating for your students?" "A pupil could sit down inwards your room for 3 weeks in addition to even thence non read all the posters inwards here!"
Here's my philosophy. My schoolhouse is old. It's the oldest world high schoolhouse even thence inwards occupation inwards the dry soil of Oklahoma. It's beautiful on the exterior but falling apart on the inside. Going "all out" inwards decorating my room is the initiative of all agency that I tin give the axe present students that I care. It's my agency of saying, "This twelvemonth is going to live different! It doesn't affair how you've done inwards math inwards the past. You tin give the axe acquire math inwards here. We're going to operate together to acquire inwards happen!"
I sometimes pass 10-12 hours a twenty-four threescore minutes flow inwards this classroom. It's got to brand me happy. And, this room does merely that. It's fun. It's colorful. It makes me smile. And, my students seem to honey it, too!
Want to consider pics from previous years?
Year 1 Classroom Pics (Includes pics of what my room looked similar when they gave me the keys.)
Year 2 Classroom Pics
What's On My Classroom Walls Post
Year 3 Classroom Pics - You're Here!
If you're 1 of my facebook friends, you've already seen some of these pictures. In this post, y'all volition respect to a greater extent than pictures in addition to to a greater extent than descriptions since the audience is a chip different. :) I figured y'all guys would appreciate to a greater extent than details nearly how I made sure things or innovation to occupation sure things for than people who I haven't seen since I graduated high schoolhouse would.
When y'all walk inwards the door of my classroom, this is what y'all see:
Here's the dorsum corner that is cutting off inwards the previous picture.
The side yesteryear side pictures are going to focus inwards on details of the decorations which I'll essay to explain.
These "Think Different" posters from Apple are a novel add-on to my classroom this year.
My mom in addition to sis are the queen in addition to princess of acquire by shopping. I tell my mom what I'm looking for to decorate my classroom or occupation inwards a sure activity, in addition to she ever manages to respect it for a ridiculously inexpensive price. Garage sales. Thrift Stores. Craigslist. Ebay. Clearance Sections. Somehow she manages to live on top of them all! If it wasn't for my solid unit of measurement in addition to their support, my classroom would aspect radically different.
My mom picked upward these posters, a duplicate laid of these posters, in addition to belike 5-7 other posters at her favorite thrift store for me. It's an interesting thrift store. Nothing is priced. You merely charge upward your shopping cart, move to the forepart counter, in addition to the sales individual gives y'all a cost to pay based on what's inwards your cart. That day, all the salespeople had to move through the posters in addition to essay to position who was inwards them. They really liked the posters, in addition to they charged my mom $5 for the entire pile of posters. Being a acquire by shopper, my mom felt similar she had gotten sort of ripped off alongside this price. But, she loves me, thence she paid the $5. When she called me to tell me this, I reassured her that it was a real fair price. Any unmarried poster at a instructor store volition cost y'all at to the lowest degree $3. She had bought an ENTIRE pile of posters for $5.
Then, my mom in addition to sis start researching the people posters to figure out who all the people are. It turns out the Apple Think Different posters are highly collectible. As in, the sets sell for hundreds of dollars on ebay. And, she bought ii sets. The 1 laid that is hanging on my wall is laminated, in addition to Gandhi is missing. But, that's okay because I similar the symmetric 3x3 scheme of posters. She told me that I was to a greater extent than than welcome to sell the posters in addition to brand a profit, but I really similar them. So, I hung them upward on the wall.
All the adults who walk inwards my room receive got to essay in addition to approximate who the people are. Most receive got a difficult fourth dimension identifying them. Not a unmarried tike has mentioned the posters, though. I approximate in that location is a lot of other materials for them to live looking at, though...
I bought a novel bell for my classroom this twelvemonth at Mardel. I had 1 during my initiative of all twelvemonth of teaching, but it was stolen. And, my filing cabinet is rocking its novel Mathalicious magnet from #TMC14!
The summertime earlier my initiative of all twelvemonth of teaching, I made this When y'all acquire into this classroom... ornamentation that was Pinterest inspired. For the in conclusion ii years, it has been on my door. This year, I decided to alter things upward in addition to set it on the bulletin board exterior my door. This is 1 of the bulletin boards that my parents made for my classroom! Love having this extra infinite to expand my decorating to the hall!
Files to brand your ain classroom welcome display tin give the axe live establish here.
The side yesteryear side few pictures were taken earlier I finished decorating, but they give y'all an thought of how the desks are arranged. My initiative of all ii years, I started alongside the desks inwards groups of four. Then, equally my classroom administration skills failed, I moved the students dorsum to rows. This year, I'm beingness honest alongside myself. I receive got to move improve at managing my classroom earlier I allow students sit down inwards groups all the time. The oculus rows confront forward. And, the rows on each side confront the oculus of the classroom.
I've got 24 desks inwards my room, in addition to that's nearly all it tin give the axe hold. I'd similar to receive got less, but my Algebra 2 classes this twelvemonth are at 22 in addition to 24. One of my desks really disappeared this summertime when the janitors were cleaning. I came dorsum to start decorating, in addition to for some reason, I decided to count the desks. 23. That's weird. Count again. Still 23. Ummm... I'm sorry. I know I'm a math teacher, but I can't really acquire by alongside having an odd, prime of desks inwards my classroom. The number of desks must live divisible yesteryear 4. So, I had to move steal a desk out of the storage room in addition to set it dorsum inwards my classroom.
I kept the appointment portion of my dry out erase board similar to what I did in conclusion year. The appointment is written equally a math job every unmarried day. Kids abhor this. I honey it. If they inquire me the date, I volition read the math job to them.
Below the date, I aspect upward the daily celebration. These are wacky holidays that I acquire from HolidayInsights.com. (The link volition receive got y'all to August 2014's holidays. But, y'all tin give the axe easily alter the URL to move to a dissimilar month.)
Last year, I did a monthly celebration. But, this year, I wanted to essay something new. I set an expanse on the board for a countdown. So far, we've counted downward to the initiative of all twenty-four threescore minutes flow of schoolhouse in addition to schoolhouse moving-picture present day. The number of days is also a math problem. Would y'all await whatsoever less from me?
Every week, I desire to alternative a dissimilar course of written report norm to focus on. I'm writing it on the board to remind myself in addition to my students.
And, I'm continuing alongside the quote of the calendar week this year. I'm trying to contain equally many here. I've also made some sets of math quote posters that tin give the axe live downloaded here in addition to here. If y'all can't tell, I LOVE posters! And fonts. And making posters. And laminating posters. And looking at pictures of other people's posters inwards their classrooms. And, I approximate y'all could say I'm obsessed! :)
Another novel thing I'm trying this twelvemonth is using Remind (formerly Remind 101) for ship text message reminders to my students in addition to their parents. I wrote the instructions on the board for signing upward alongside the hopes that students in addition to parents would exercise that on run into the instructor night. But, I had thence many students inwards my room since I was the position to move to acquire freshman course of written report schedules, that it was chaos in addition to didn't happen. We ended upward taking some fourth dimension on the initiative of all twenty-four threescore minutes flow to sign up.
Here's the correct manus side of my dry out erase board. This dry out erase board was 1 of the things my parents bought for me off of craigslist. It's xvi feet long, in addition to it was a hurting to move! But, I honey it in addition to occupation it everyday.
The bluish mitt thingy is from Dollar Tree. And, it industrial plant perfect to erase the dry out erase board. The bluish bag nautical chart is something I picked upward at Target in conclusion year. I'm planning on using it to assign groups in addition to grouping roles randomly.
I decided that I wanted to give each of my course of written report periods a lead chances to receive got their ain course of written report twitter status. I envision this equally beingness a agency to part achievements or funny things that are said inwards class. Plus, I acquire to receive got my ain twitter status, too!
In companionship to update the course of written report twitter status, a pupil inwards that flow has to nominate a novel status. And, the course of written report has to approve it yesteryear a vote of to a greater extent than than 50% inwards favor of that status. I planned on printing in addition to laminating a cute piffling twitter plane in addition to championship for this addition laminating the course of written report flow twitter handles, but it has yet to happen. This volition receive got to exercise for now.
I made a recycling sign to hang over our recycling bin. But, in addition to thence I did some rearranging in addition to had to motion the trash can. So, the recycling sign is no longer centered. Don't worry. That volition live fixed! You tin give the axe download the recycling poster from this folder.
I finally establish a position inwards my classroom to hang my filetastic from Mardel. I really ain a bunch of these. I establish the regal ones for 75% off in addition to some jungle light-green ones for 80% off, in addition to I merely couldn't exceed them up. But, I sadly don't receive got the wall infinite for them inwards my electrical current classroom. I'm thinking that my sis volition belike cease upward using them inwards her hereafter fine art classroom. I can't believe this is her in conclusion twelvemonth of college!
I'm planning on using this equally a station for students to alternative upward operate they missed when they are absent. I volition live to a greater extent than organized this year. I volition live to a greater extent than organized this year. I volition live to a greater extent than organized this year. My students receive got told me that this novel obsession alongside organisation is solely going to in conclusion a few weeks. As my students would say, I should allow my haters live my motivators. :)
Here's the door to my classroom. The polka dot cling border roughly the window is something I picked upward at Dollar Tree in conclusion year. It's 1 of the few decorations I left upward over the summertime because it was a PAIN to set up! The Garfield poster is 1 that came inwards the $5 package of posters.
Bullying is a huge job inwards my school. In the past, nosotros invited Stand for the Silent to come upward inwards in addition to speak. What an amazing, heart-felt, tear-jerker of a presentation. Bullying really does kill. If y'all haven't heard Mr. Smalley speak, y'all demand to! The kids were asked to sign an anti-bullying pledge. I receive got 1 hanging on the wall of my classroom equally a reminder.
This is my novel absent operate board. Were y'all absent? Look at the calendar for the twenty-four threescore minutes flow y'all were gone. It volition tell y'all if in that location was a homework assignment that y'all missed. Get the homework assignment out of the filetastic side yesteryear side to the board. I'm hoping that this is to a greater extent than sustainable than the absent operate organisation methods I've used inwards the past. Everyone has to comment on the fact that I receive got 3 calendars. Hello, I receive got 3 preps!
The punch-out lettering is from the Dollar Tree. I honey that store! The string fine art on the bulletin board was made yesteryear my sis when she took high schoolhouse geometry.
I telephone telephone this the "Words I Want to Hear More" department of my classroom. Please. Thank you. Yet. My sis didn't empathise why I would hang the give-and-take "yet" on my wall. Instead of hearing "I can't exercise this," I desire to hear "I can't exercise this YET." It's 1 of my efforts this twelvemonth inwards developing a growth mindset inwards my students in addition to myself.
I honey the never, never, never surrender poster! Below that, is my senior moving-picture present bulletin board. In ii years of teaching, I was solely given 3 senior pictures. And, all 3 of those are from in conclusion year. I'm hoping that keeping these posted volition encourage to a greater extent than pictures!
I'm going all out alongside SBG (standards based grading) this year! I did a quick google search for SBG posters, in addition to I ended upward on Sarah Rubin's blog, flow chart that she had adapted from a flow nautical chart posted yesteryear here. And, the Classroom Rules Posters here.
The side of my filing cabinet is covered inwards beautiful math posters I downloaded from roughly the Internet.
And, here's my classroom bookshelf.
More posters. I thought these were plumbing equipment to hang side yesteryear side to the people who thought differently.
I couldn't respect a expert position to hang my greek alphabet posters. I'm non happy alongside their placement. I wanted them to live to a greater extent than similar an alphabet banner. Maybe side yesteryear side year... The judgement starter posters are also inspired yesteryear Ilana Horn's Strength inwards Numbers: Collaborative Learning inwards Secondary Mathematics
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Download the Greek Alphabet Posters here in addition to the Sentence Starter Posters here.
Here's a stance of the entire dorsum corner.
The window sill volition agree daily supplies. Right now, the journal holders are asset structure newspaper in addition to dry out erase boards. The tub of die in addition to materials volition move inwards my cabinet. And, in addition to thence there's my awesome novel pinkish pencil sharpener.
It's from Classroom Friendly Supplies, in addition to it's AMAZING. I'm going to write a total review soon, but y'all tin give the axe trust me that you're going to desire one. If y'all exercise create upward one's hear to receive got the plunge (and y'all should!), here's a code for 5% off your pencil sharpener purchase! Act fast because the code expires Nov 1st!
At #TMC14, Rebecka Peterson talked nearly Fri Letters. I mentioned wanting a mailbox inwards my classroom thence I tin give the axe brand this my ain classroom tradition. This is what I ended upward with. My mom bought a vintage Versafile at the thrift store. She was worried nearly kids stealing the letters of other kids, thence she insisted I acquire something that locks. My dad took the box over to the machine store at operate in addition to cutting a dainty slot inwards the top for me. And, in addition to thence he painted it Drumright Red. It's immediately sitting side yesteryear side to my novel aloe vera flora that my mom decided I needed.
Also inwards the window sill - my novel spider flora (also courtesy of mi madre), manus sanitizer, air freshener, in addition to 1 of those newspaper weights that y'all plow over in addition to lookout adult man the 3 colors of corn syrup flow through. Let me merely say. My kiddos are AMAZED yesteryear this thing. It's ridiculous.
Along the wall are these random storage containers that I wishing I had a improve domicile for. But, when they built my classroom inwards 1919, they weren't really thinking nearly built inwards storage.
I'm even thence using the curtains that my mom made for me the summertime earlier my initiative of all twelvemonth of teaching. They add together a dainty impact to the room.
Then, there's my ceiling decor. The origami is even thence hanging from the ceiling. But, I've added some tissue newspaper pom poms. I bought a kit to brand these at Tuesday Morning, in addition to they were ridiculously slow to set together.
One of the other teachers asked me what their occupation was. Duh. They aspect pretty!
Here, y'all tin give the axe consider my number occupation on the due south wall. Plus, the course of written report norms posters that are below it.
At the cease of my pupil teaching, my cooperating instructor gave me a cry plaque because his cooperating instructor had done the same for me. It's even thence on my desk. I intend it convinces my students that I'm a professional. :)
Since this is going to live the twelvemonth of organization, hither is my newly made tickler file. It's based on David Allen's Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity
. Whenever a newspaper comes across your desk that y'all don't demand to receive got activeness on for awhile, y'all set it inwards the tickler file. There is a folder for every unmarried twenty-four threescore minutes flow of the electrical current month. And, a folder for each calendar month inwards the side yesteryear side year. So, I receive got a reminder inwards my Oct folder to hang upward my novel Halloween decorations. At the commencement of October, I volition opened upward the Oct folder in addition to create upward one's hear what twenty-four threescore minutes flow each thing inwards the folder needs to live handled on. I volition in addition to thence sort them into the numbered twenty-four threescore minutes flow folders. At the commencement of each day, I empty that day's folder in addition to receive got whatsoever actions that demand to live taken.
Behind my desk are a couplet of reminders to myself. I made these based on an #EduRead conversation that I was lurking on. They move perfectly when my emphasis this twelvemonth on the here.
These posters behind my desk summarize my grading scale. If a homework assignment or quiz is PERFECT, that's an A. If in that location are a few tiny mistakes, that's a B. If in that location is a major mistake, that's considered "Not Yet." Students volition live required to redo the homework or requiz until they earn an Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 or a B.
It hangs correct higher upward the Ms. Hagan sign that she painted for me ii years ago. And, I can't forget to cry my origami fish from #TMC14. He fifty-fifty knows how to swim!
Behind my desk, I receive got several sets of plastic drawers to move on me organized.
I picked upward this dry out erase calendar at Dollar full general in conclusion year. I'm hoping to move on it updated alongside meetings in addition to such.
This wire shelf used to assault my dorsum wall on top of a scientific discipline lab table. I moved the table, thence the shelf had to respect a novel home. It's currently sitting behind my desk. This is great except for the fact that I move on running into it alongside my chair which makes it autumn apart. I've set it dorsum together at to the lowest degree fifteen times thence far.
One of my students made this origami crane in conclusion twelvemonth in addition to taped it to my data processing scheme monitor. He threatened dire consequences if I took it off. It's even thence there!
You'll also notice the cursive handwriting banner. Students are ever asking me how to write a sure missive of the alphabet inwards cursive. Now, they'll receive got a position to reference!
Decorations roughly the SMART Board:
Like in conclusion year, my job solving strategy posters receive got been hung nether the SMART Board. I demand to exercise a improve project of referencing them this year! You tin give the axe download these posters here.
This is my collection of mathematical toys. My kids honey to play alongside these. Especially the monkey who multiplies!
And, I occupation these costless posters from Texas Instruments a lot to present where sure buttons are. I added reminders to my scientific reckoner poster in conclusion twelvemonth for my Algebra 1 students. This year, I'm going dorsum to using the TI-84 inwards Algebra 2 instead of the TI-NSpire. We'll consider how I similar this...
I picked upward these anti-bullying posters from Dollar Tree.
And, I honey this poster nearly attitudes.
My podium posters are pinterest inspired. Here's the original pin. And, here's my version:
Here are my companionship of operations posters that I mentioned in addition to uploaded files for here. I even thence demand to move dorsum in addition to add together allow to correct arrows. A lot of people inquire questions nearly these posters when they walk inwards my room. Hey, at to the lowest degree they're eye-catching. :)
Here are my red/yellow/green cups for grouping work. These are also inspired by here. The artwork inwards the window is courtesy of my sister.
I got novel stacking trays for students to plow inwards papers to! So excited for these. For the yesteryear ii years, I've had all classes plow papers into a unmarried tray. It was a hurting to sort in addition to grade. I picked upward these at a yard sale for $2!
They're setting on my pretty, pinkish cart that I paid $5 for at some other yard sale. This year, I'm really going to label the drawers! It holds extra notebook paper, graph paper, etc. I'm thinking it volition also live perfect to agree frayer models in addition to tabular array of contents sheets for INBs.
My weekly schedule posters are up, in addition to I LOVE them! They're a expert reminder for me in addition to my students equally nosotros build classroom routines. More details in addition to a download of the posters are here.
I receive got a mini poster of the Pledge of Allegiance below my flags. I printed it off somewhere on the Internet.
The box side yesteryear side to my date/holiday/quote materials is for discipline. Consequences of breaking rules involve having your cry written on the board. One of my students dubbed it the "Wall of Shame."
I'm planning to exercise to a greater extent than mutual depression temperature calling this twelvemonth because inwards the yesteryear I've ever ended upward calling on the same few kids because they are the ones whose hands are up. These canisters are going to agree popsicle sticks alongside names of students for each course of written report period. I'm super excited nearly this!
Now, I merely receive got to hold off for the course of written report schedules to acquire finalized thence I tin give the axe receive got 1 of my aides brand the popsicle sticks.
Here's the forepart corner of my classroom. You tin give the axe consider my TU flag inwards this pic. Love my alma mater!
When I laminated the course of written report norms, it made them difficult to photograph. You tin give the axe download the course of written report norms files here.
Our bell schedule this twelvemonth is wonky. 53 minutes initiative of all hour. 52 minutes 2d hour-seventh hour. 5 infinitesimal exceed periods except 1 for the passing flow earlier luncheon which is six minutes. I similar the bell to band on a multiple of five. That's NOT happening this year.
After complaining nearly it on twitter, Math Teacher Mambo who took the thought from someone else.
So far, it's been super helpful to me. I'm non sure if my students are using the arrows, but I sure am!
This the dorsum wall of my classroom. It has my How to Learn bulletin board, my horizontal in addition to vertical reminders, in addition to my reckoner holders! More nearly them afterward inwards this post.
View behind the podium:
Front of Classroom View:
Back of Classroom:
Remember the tabular array that used to sit down along the wall where the calculators immediately are? I didn't acquire rid of it. I merely moved it yesteryear the door. In a way, it's kinda inwards the walk way. But, I really, really, really desire a apartment surface to laid papers in addition to materials on for kids to alternative upward when they walk inwards the door. So, I'm going to alive alongside it in addition to start looking for a smaller tabular array to supersede it alongside that'll live less inwards the way.
The math instructor across the hall asked me if I was going to stand upward at the tabular array in addition to accuse admission to my classroom. Ha. Ha. Ha.
Outside my door is a sign alongside my cry in addition to room number on it in addition to a reminder that no nutrient or drinks (except bottled water) are allowed inwards my classroom.
Okay. Back to my shoe holders/calculator holders. I've wanted to essay this thought for several years, but I merely didn't receive got the wall space. This year, I decided to motion the tabular array in addition to claim the wall infinite behind it. I managed to respect 3 matching shoe holders at Tuesday Morning for $7.99 each. I establish a ton of stores alongside cute shoe holders, but most are threescore inches tall. The infinite below my bulletin board is solely 53 inches tall. These solely agree 20 calculators instead of 24, but they fit the infinite perfectly!
You may receive got noticed my pet monkey that hangs out yesteryear my calculators. His cry is Henry if you're inwards 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, or sixth hour. My quaternary threescore minutes insists on calling him Cinnamon. He's our talking slice when nosotros exercise classroom circles. He was a Valentine's gift in conclusion twelvemonth from a couplet of my students.
I approximate that nearly sums upward my classroom. Sorry for the overwhelming number of pictures! Hope this gives y'all some ideas for decorating your ain classroom!
Here's my philosophy. My schoolhouse is old. It's the oldest world high schoolhouse even thence inwards occupation inwards the dry soil of Oklahoma. It's beautiful on the exterior but falling apart on the inside. Going "all out" inwards decorating my room is the initiative of all agency that I tin give the axe present students that I care. It's my agency of saying, "This twelvemonth is going to live different! It doesn't affair how you've done inwards math inwards the past. You tin give the axe acquire math inwards here. We're going to operate together to acquire inwards happen!"
I sometimes pass 10-12 hours a twenty-four threescore minutes flow inwards this classroom. It's got to brand me happy. And, this room does merely that. It's fun. It's colorful. It makes me smile. And, my students seem to honey it, too!
Want to consider pics from previous years?
Year 1 Classroom Pics (Includes pics of what my room looked similar when they gave me the keys.)
Year 2 Classroom Pics
What's On My Classroom Walls Post
Year 3 Classroom Pics - You're Here!
If you're 1 of my facebook friends, you've already seen some of these pictures. In this post, y'all volition respect to a greater extent than pictures in addition to to a greater extent than descriptions since the audience is a chip different. :) I figured y'all guys would appreciate to a greater extent than details nearly how I made sure things or innovation to occupation sure things for than people who I haven't seen since I graduated high schoolhouse would.
When y'all walk inwards the door of my classroom, this is what y'all see:
Here's the dorsum corner that is cutting off inwards the previous picture.
The side yesteryear side pictures are going to focus inwards on details of the decorations which I'll essay to explain.
These "Think Different" posters from Apple are a novel add-on to my classroom this year.
My mom in addition to sis are the queen in addition to princess of acquire by shopping. I tell my mom what I'm looking for to decorate my classroom or occupation inwards a sure activity, in addition to she ever manages to respect it for a ridiculously inexpensive price. Garage sales. Thrift Stores. Craigslist. Ebay. Clearance Sections. Somehow she manages to live on top of them all! If it wasn't for my solid unit of measurement in addition to their support, my classroom would aspect radically different.
My mom picked upward these posters, a duplicate laid of these posters, in addition to belike 5-7 other posters at her favorite thrift store for me. It's an interesting thrift store. Nothing is priced. You merely charge upward your shopping cart, move to the forepart counter, in addition to the sales individual gives y'all a cost to pay based on what's inwards your cart. That day, all the salespeople had to move through the posters in addition to essay to position who was inwards them. They really liked the posters, in addition to they charged my mom $5 for the entire pile of posters. Being a acquire by shopper, my mom felt similar she had gotten sort of ripped off alongside this price. But, she loves me, thence she paid the $5. When she called me to tell me this, I reassured her that it was a real fair price. Any unmarried poster at a instructor store volition cost y'all at to the lowest degree $3. She had bought an ENTIRE pile of posters for $5.
Then, my mom in addition to sis start researching the people posters to figure out who all the people are. It turns out the Apple Think Different posters are highly collectible. As in, the sets sell for hundreds of dollars on ebay. And, she bought ii sets. The 1 laid that is hanging on my wall is laminated, in addition to Gandhi is missing. But, that's okay because I similar the symmetric 3x3 scheme of posters. She told me that I was to a greater extent than than welcome to sell the posters in addition to brand a profit, but I really similar them. So, I hung them upward on the wall.
All the adults who walk inwards my room receive got to essay in addition to approximate who the people are. Most receive got a difficult fourth dimension identifying them. Not a unmarried tike has mentioned the posters, though. I approximate in that location is a lot of other materials for them to live looking at, though...
I bought a novel bell for my classroom this twelvemonth at Mardel. I had 1 during my initiative of all twelvemonth of teaching, but it was stolen. And, my filing cabinet is rocking its novel Mathalicious magnet from #TMC14!
The summertime earlier my initiative of all twelvemonth of teaching, I made this When y'all acquire into this classroom... ornamentation that was Pinterest inspired. For the in conclusion ii years, it has been on my door. This year, I decided to alter things upward in addition to set it on the bulletin board exterior my door. This is 1 of the bulletin boards that my parents made for my classroom! Love having this extra infinite to expand my decorating to the hall!
Files to brand your ain classroom welcome display tin give the axe live establish here.
The side yesteryear side few pictures were taken earlier I finished decorating, but they give y'all an thought of how the desks are arranged. My initiative of all ii years, I started alongside the desks inwards groups of four. Then, equally my classroom administration skills failed, I moved the students dorsum to rows. This year, I'm beingness honest alongside myself. I receive got to move improve at managing my classroom earlier I allow students sit down inwards groups all the time. The oculus rows confront forward. And, the rows on each side confront the oculus of the classroom.
I've got 24 desks inwards my room, in addition to that's nearly all it tin give the axe hold. I'd similar to receive got less, but my Algebra 2 classes this twelvemonth are at 22 in addition to 24. One of my desks really disappeared this summertime when the janitors were cleaning. I came dorsum to start decorating, in addition to for some reason, I decided to count the desks. 23. That's weird. Count again. Still 23. Ummm... I'm sorry. I know I'm a math teacher, but I can't really acquire by alongside having an odd, prime of desks inwards my classroom. The number of desks must live divisible yesteryear 4. So, I had to move steal a desk out of the storage room in addition to set it dorsum inwards my classroom.
I kept the appointment portion of my dry out erase board similar to what I did in conclusion year. The appointment is written equally a math job every unmarried day. Kids abhor this. I honey it. If they inquire me the date, I volition read the math job to them.
Below the date, I aspect upward the daily celebration. These are wacky holidays that I acquire from HolidayInsights.com. (The link volition receive got y'all to August 2014's holidays. But, y'all tin give the axe easily alter the URL to move to a dissimilar month.)
Last year, I did a monthly celebration. But, this year, I wanted to essay something new. I set an expanse on the board for a countdown. So far, we've counted downward to the initiative of all twenty-four threescore minutes flow of schoolhouse in addition to schoolhouse moving-picture present day. The number of days is also a math problem. Would y'all await whatsoever less from me?
Every week, I desire to alternative a dissimilar course of written report norm to focus on. I'm writing it on the board to remind myself in addition to my students.
And, I'm continuing alongside the quote of the calendar week this year. I'm trying to contain equally many here. I've also made some sets of math quote posters that tin give the axe live downloaded here in addition to here. If y'all can't tell, I LOVE posters! And fonts. And making posters. And laminating posters. And looking at pictures of other people's posters inwards their classrooms. And, I approximate y'all could say I'm obsessed! :)
Another novel thing I'm trying this twelvemonth is using Remind (formerly Remind 101) for ship text message reminders to my students in addition to their parents. I wrote the instructions on the board for signing upward alongside the hopes that students in addition to parents would exercise that on run into the instructor night. But, I had thence many students inwards my room since I was the position to move to acquire freshman course of written report schedules, that it was chaos in addition to didn't happen. We ended upward taking some fourth dimension on the initiative of all twenty-four threescore minutes flow to sign up.
Here's the correct manus side of my dry out erase board. This dry out erase board was 1 of the things my parents bought for me off of craigslist. It's xvi feet long, in addition to it was a hurting to move! But, I honey it in addition to occupation it everyday.
The bluish mitt thingy is from Dollar Tree. And, it industrial plant perfect to erase the dry out erase board. The bluish bag nautical chart is something I picked upward at Target in conclusion year. I'm planning on using it to assign groups in addition to grouping roles randomly.
I decided that I wanted to give each of my course of written report periods a lead chances to receive got their ain course of written report twitter status. I envision this equally beingness a agency to part achievements or funny things that are said inwards class. Plus, I acquire to receive got my ain twitter status, too!
In companionship to update the course of written report twitter status, a pupil inwards that flow has to nominate a novel status. And, the course of written report has to approve it yesteryear a vote of to a greater extent than than 50% inwards favor of that status. I planned on printing in addition to laminating a cute piffling twitter plane in addition to championship for this addition laminating the course of written report flow twitter handles, but it has yet to happen. This volition receive got to exercise for now.
I made a recycling sign to hang over our recycling bin. But, in addition to thence I did some rearranging in addition to had to motion the trash can. So, the recycling sign is no longer centered. Don't worry. That volition live fixed! You tin give the axe download the recycling poster from this folder.
I finally establish a position inwards my classroom to hang my filetastic from Mardel. I really ain a bunch of these. I establish the regal ones for 75% off in addition to some jungle light-green ones for 80% off, in addition to I merely couldn't exceed them up. But, I sadly don't receive got the wall infinite for them inwards my electrical current classroom. I'm thinking that my sis volition belike cease upward using them inwards her hereafter fine art classroom. I can't believe this is her in conclusion twelvemonth of college!
I'm planning on using this equally a station for students to alternative upward operate they missed when they are absent. I volition live to a greater extent than organized this year. I volition live to a greater extent than organized this year. I volition live to a greater extent than organized this year. My students receive got told me that this novel obsession alongside organisation is solely going to in conclusion a few weeks. As my students would say, I should allow my haters live my motivators. :)
Here's the door to my classroom. The polka dot cling border roughly the window is something I picked upward at Dollar Tree in conclusion year. It's 1 of the few decorations I left upward over the summertime because it was a PAIN to set up! The Garfield poster is 1 that came inwards the $5 package of posters.
Bullying is a huge job inwards my school. In the past, nosotros invited Stand for the Silent to come upward inwards in addition to speak. What an amazing, heart-felt, tear-jerker of a presentation. Bullying really does kill. If y'all haven't heard Mr. Smalley speak, y'all demand to! The kids were asked to sign an anti-bullying pledge. I receive got 1 hanging on the wall of my classroom equally a reminder.
This is my novel absent operate board. Were y'all absent? Look at the calendar for the twenty-four threescore minutes flow y'all were gone. It volition tell y'all if in that location was a homework assignment that y'all missed. Get the homework assignment out of the filetastic side yesteryear side to the board. I'm hoping that this is to a greater extent than sustainable than the absent operate organisation methods I've used inwards the past. Everyone has to comment on the fact that I receive got 3 calendars. Hello, I receive got 3 preps!
The punch-out lettering is from the Dollar Tree. I honey that store! The string fine art on the bulletin board was made yesteryear my sis when she took high schoolhouse geometry.
I telephone telephone this the "Words I Want to Hear More" department of my classroom. Please. Thank you. Yet. My sis didn't empathise why I would hang the give-and-take "yet" on my wall. Instead of hearing "I can't exercise this," I desire to hear "I can't exercise this YET." It's 1 of my efforts this twelvemonth inwards developing a growth mindset inwards my students in addition to myself.
I honey the never, never, never surrender poster! Below that, is my senior moving-picture present bulletin board. In ii years of teaching, I was solely given 3 senior pictures. And, all 3 of those are from in conclusion year. I'm hoping that keeping these posted volition encourage to a greater extent than pictures!
I'm going all out alongside SBG (standards based grading) this year! I did a quick google search for SBG posters, in addition to I ended upward on Sarah Rubin's blog, flow chart that she had adapted from a flow nautical chart posted yesteryear here. And, the Classroom Rules Posters here.
The side of my filing cabinet is covered inwards beautiful math posters I downloaded from roughly the Internet.
And, here's my classroom bookshelf.
More posters. I thought these were plumbing equipment to hang side yesteryear side to the people who thought differently.
I couldn't respect a expert position to hang my greek alphabet posters. I'm non happy alongside their placement. I wanted them to live to a greater extent than similar an alphabet banner. Maybe side yesteryear side year... The judgement starter posters are also inspired yesteryear Ilana Horn's Strength inwards Numbers: Collaborative Learning inwards Secondary Mathematics
. Download the Greek Alphabet Posters here in addition to the Sentence Starter Posters here.
Here's a stance of the entire dorsum corner.
The window sill volition agree daily supplies. Right now, the journal holders are asset structure newspaper in addition to dry out erase boards. The tub of die in addition to materials volition move inwards my cabinet. And, in addition to thence there's my awesome novel pinkish pencil sharpener.
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At #TMC14, Rebecka Peterson talked nearly Fri Letters. I mentioned wanting a mailbox inwards my classroom thence I tin give the axe brand this my ain classroom tradition. This is what I ended upward with. My mom bought a vintage Versafile at the thrift store. She was worried nearly kids stealing the letters of other kids, thence she insisted I acquire something that locks. My dad took the box over to the machine store at operate in addition to cutting a dainty slot inwards the top for me. And, in addition to thence he painted it Drumright Red. It's immediately sitting side yesteryear side to my novel aloe vera flora that my mom decided I needed.
Also inwards the window sill - my novel spider flora (also courtesy of mi madre), manus sanitizer, air freshener, in addition to 1 of those newspaper weights that y'all plow over in addition to lookout adult man the 3 colors of corn syrup flow through. Let me merely say. My kiddos are AMAZED yesteryear this thing. It's ridiculous.
Along the wall are these random storage containers that I wishing I had a improve domicile for. But, when they built my classroom inwards 1919, they weren't really thinking nearly built inwards storage.
I'm even thence using the curtains that my mom made for me the summertime earlier my initiative of all twelvemonth of teaching. They add together a dainty impact to the room.
Then, there's my ceiling decor. The origami is even thence hanging from the ceiling. But, I've added some tissue newspaper pom poms. I bought a kit to brand these at Tuesday Morning, in addition to they were ridiculously slow to set together.
One of the other teachers asked me what their occupation was. Duh. They aspect pretty!
Here, y'all tin give the axe consider my number occupation on the due south wall. Plus, the course of written report norms posters that are below it.
At the cease of my pupil teaching, my cooperating instructor gave me a cry plaque because his cooperating instructor had done the same for me. It's even thence on my desk. I intend it convinces my students that I'm a professional. :)
Since this is going to live the twelvemonth of organization, hither is my newly made tickler file. It's based on David Allen's Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity
. Whenever a newspaper comes across your desk that y'all don't demand to receive got activeness on for awhile, y'all set it inwards the tickler file. There is a folder for every unmarried twenty-four threescore minutes flow of the electrical current month. And, a folder for each calendar month inwards the side yesteryear side year. So, I receive got a reminder inwards my Oct folder to hang upward my novel Halloween decorations. At the commencement of October, I volition opened upward the Oct folder in addition to create upward one's hear what twenty-four threescore minutes flow each thing inwards the folder needs to live handled on. I volition in addition to thence sort them into the numbered twenty-four threescore minutes flow folders. At the commencement of each day, I empty that day's folder in addition to receive got whatsoever actions that demand to live taken. Behind my desk are a couplet of reminders to myself. I made these based on an #EduRead conversation that I was lurking on. They move perfectly when my emphasis this twelvemonth on the here.
These posters behind my desk summarize my grading scale. If a homework assignment or quiz is PERFECT, that's an A. If in that location are a few tiny mistakes, that's a B. If in that location is a major mistake, that's considered "Not Yet." Students volition live required to redo the homework or requiz until they earn an Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 or a B.
Grading scale posters tin give the axe live downloaded from this folder.
Behind my desk is this awesome pi plaque that my sis made for me! She painted the pump white. Then, she used wavy painter's record to add together the regal stripes. The pi symbol is regal glitter. And, the whole thing is coated inwards something to move on the glitter from coming off.
It hangs correct higher upward the Ms. Hagan sign that she painted for me ii years ago. And, I can't forget to cry my origami fish from #TMC14. He fifty-fifty knows how to swim!
Behind my desk, I receive got several sets of plastic drawers to move on me organized.
I picked upward this dry out erase calendar at Dollar full general in conclusion year. I'm hoping to move on it updated alongside meetings in addition to such.
This wire shelf used to assault my dorsum wall on top of a scientific discipline lab table. I moved the table, thence the shelf had to respect a novel home. It's currently sitting behind my desk. This is great except for the fact that I move on running into it alongside my chair which makes it autumn apart. I've set it dorsum together at to the lowest degree fifteen times thence far.
One of my students made this origami crane in conclusion twelvemonth in addition to taped it to my data processing scheme monitor. He threatened dire consequences if I took it off. It's even thence there!
The bulletin board behind my desk was inspired by @druinok. She posted a link to an epitome on pinterest on twitter. I roughshod inwards honey alongside it. Her wife made an awesome poster, but I decided I wanted to move bigger than that. Plus, I did receive got that 1 in conclusion empty bulletin board that needed something.
This summer, I read Carol Dweck's Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
. It has completely revolutionized the agency I desire to approach sure things inwards my classroom. There is ability inwards the words nosotros speak. And, nosotros alter our mindset yesteryear changing out words.
. It has completely revolutionized the agency I desire to approach sure things inwards my classroom. There is ability inwards the words nosotros speak. And, nosotros alter our mindset yesteryear changing out words. I typed upward the sentences, in addition to I printed the fixed mindset statements on gray carte du jour stock in addition to the increment mindset statements on colored carte du jour stock. They ended upward beingness bigger than my bulletin board, thence I overlapped them a bit. I intend it gives a dainty visual effect. I'm hoping this volition live something that nosotros refer to the entire year. I desire my students to recognize when classmates, themselves, or fifty-fifty I speak inwards a fixed mindset. And, I desire us to operate together to alter these statements to a growth mindset.
The forepart wall features a ton of costless posters that I requested online from AMS in addition to BYU Math.
You'll also notice the cursive handwriting banner. Students are ever asking me how to write a sure missive of the alphabet inwards cursive. Now, they'll receive got a position to reference!
Decorations roughly the SMART Board:
Like in conclusion year, my job solving strategy posters receive got been hung nether the SMART Board. I demand to exercise a improve project of referencing them this year! You tin give the axe download these posters here.
This is my collection of mathematical toys. My kids honey to play alongside these. Especially the monkey who multiplies!
And, I occupation these costless posters from Texas Instruments a lot to present where sure buttons are. I added reminders to my scientific reckoner poster in conclusion twelvemonth for my Algebra 1 students. This year, I'm going dorsum to using the TI-84 inwards Algebra 2 instead of the TI-NSpire. We'll consider how I similar this...
I picked upward these anti-bullying posters from Dollar Tree.
And, I honey this poster nearly attitudes.
My podium posters are pinterest inspired. Here's the original pin. And, here's my version:
Here are my companionship of operations posters that I mentioned in addition to uploaded files for here. I even thence demand to move dorsum in addition to add together allow to correct arrows. A lot of people inquire questions nearly these posters when they walk inwards my room. Hey, at to the lowest degree they're eye-catching. :)
Here are my red/yellow/green cups for grouping work. These are also inspired by here. The artwork inwards the window is courtesy of my sister.
I got novel stacking trays for students to plow inwards papers to! So excited for these. For the yesteryear ii years, I've had all classes plow papers into a unmarried tray. It was a hurting to sort in addition to grade. I picked upward these at a yard sale for $2!
They're setting on my pretty, pinkish cart that I paid $5 for at some other yard sale. This year, I'm really going to label the drawers! It holds extra notebook paper, graph paper, etc. I'm thinking it volition also live perfect to agree frayer models in addition to tabular array of contents sheets for INBs.
My weekly schedule posters are up, in addition to I LOVE them! They're a expert reminder for me in addition to my students equally nosotros build classroom routines. More details in addition to a download of the posters are here.
I receive got a mini poster of the Pledge of Allegiance below my flags. I printed it off somewhere on the Internet.
The box side yesteryear side to my date/holiday/quote materials is for discipline. Consequences of breaking rules involve having your cry written on the board. One of my students dubbed it the "Wall of Shame."
I'm planning to exercise to a greater extent than mutual depression temperature calling this twelvemonth because inwards the yesteryear I've ever ended upward calling on the same few kids because they are the ones whose hands are up. These canisters are going to agree popsicle sticks alongside names of students for each course of written report period. I'm super excited nearly this!
Now, I merely receive got to hold off for the course of written report schedules to acquire finalized thence I tin give the axe receive got 1 of my aides brand the popsicle sticks.
Here's the forepart corner of my classroom. You tin give the axe consider my TU flag inwards this pic. Love my alma mater!
When I laminated the course of written report norms, it made them difficult to photograph. You tin give the axe download the course of written report norms files here.
Our bell schedule this twelvemonth is wonky. 53 minutes initiative of all hour. 52 minutes 2d hour-seventh hour. 5 infinitesimal exceed periods except 1 for the passing flow earlier luncheon which is six minutes. I similar the bell to band on a multiple of five. That's NOT happening this year.
After complaining nearly it on twitter, Math Teacher Mambo who took the thought from someone else.
So far, it's been super helpful to me. I'm non sure if my students are using the arrows, but I sure am!
This the dorsum wall of my classroom. It has my How to Learn bulletin board, my horizontal in addition to vertical reminders, in addition to my reckoner holders! More nearly them afterward inwards this post.
Front of Classroom View:
Back of Classroom:
Remember the tabular array that used to sit down along the wall where the calculators immediately are? I didn't acquire rid of it. I merely moved it yesteryear the door. In a way, it's kinda inwards the walk way. But, I really, really, really desire a apartment surface to laid papers in addition to materials on for kids to alternative upward when they walk inwards the door. So, I'm going to alive alongside it in addition to start looking for a smaller tabular array to supersede it alongside that'll live less inwards the way.
The math instructor across the hall asked me if I was going to stand upward at the tabular array in addition to accuse admission to my classroom. Ha. Ha. Ha.
Outside my door is a sign alongside my cry in addition to room number on it in addition to a reminder that no nutrient or drinks (except bottled water) are allowed inwards my classroom.
The no nutrient or gulp sign tin give the axe live downloaded from this folder.
Okay. Back to my shoe holders/calculator holders. I've wanted to essay this thought for several years, but I merely didn't receive got the wall space. This year, I decided to motion the tabular array in addition to claim the wall infinite behind it. I managed to respect 3 matching shoe holders at Tuesday Morning for $7.99 each. I establish a ton of stores alongside cute shoe holders, but most are threescore inches tall. The infinite below my bulletin board is solely 53 inches tall. These solely agree 20 calculators instead of 24, but they fit the infinite perfectly!
You may receive got noticed my pet monkey that hangs out yesteryear my calculators. His cry is Henry if you're inwards 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, or sixth hour. My quaternary threescore minutes insists on calling him Cinnamon. He's our talking slice when nosotros exercise classroom circles. He was a Valentine's gift in conclusion twelvemonth from a couplet of my students.
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