Saturday 19 August 2017

Classroom Organization




Here is a sneak peak at my unfinished classroom library. The bookshelf showcases my classroom library. The baskets are organized by genre, popular authors, favourite series, and subject areas. The basket labels change throughout as student interest dictates. The baskets are from the Dollar Store. I made my labels and the resource is available in my TPT store. The bin labels are laminated, hole punched, and attached to the basket with a cable tie. This allows quick and easy change of basket labels if needed. 
Each book is labelled with a coordinating book label. The book labels are part of my Classroom Library Label resource. The top shelf will display featured mentor texts. The black and white box holds read aloud aids - a pointer, reading fingers, sticky notes, highlighter tape, highlighters, small white board, dry erase markers, etc.
The lower bookshelf holds student duotangs and notebooks. As the students have flexible seating, their duotangs and notebooks are housed in a central location. The baskets are from Michaels and the labels are from my store

The bulletin board is a work in progress as school does not begin for two weeks. It is my Focus Board. The schedule cards are placed in the organizer on the left. The four clipped board will showcase the outcomes. The black board underneath will showcase I Can statements. On the far right, two canvas prints feature quotes to inspire students. I have yet to hang the third poster and the Focus Wall title.

Hope you enjoyed the preview!



Tuesday 15 August 2017

Saturday 12 August 2017

Classroom Organization

I have moved to a new school this year, so I decided to reorganize all of my materials and rethink how I organize my classroom. Whew! It is an exhausting process and I hope I can finish before school starts in two weeks.

Below is a sneak peek of an in-progress look at my classroom.


My manipulatives are organized into decorative boxes in the bookshelf. The boxes are organized by the big conceptual ideas in grade three: place value, addition and subtraction, fractions, geometry, measurement, multiplication and division, and statistics and probability. Baskets and two decorative boxes contain manipulates I use throughout the year, such as linking cubes, playing cards, dice, etc.

The bulletin board will display anchor charts and word wall cards. I created the header in PowerPoint.

The baskets on the shelf are for our M.A.T.H. rotation. For more information about the M.A.T.H. rotation, please see Laura Santos' blog post.

The table will display manipulatives and needed materials to complete tasks in the M.A.T.H. rotation or to provide extra practice if needed.

Visit my blog regularly for updates on my classroom organization!