Classroom Tour

Today is Day 6 for me!! I was hoping to post these sooner but last week was so busy I didn’t have time to post them.

 

 

View from the Door

Whole Group Area

Daily 5 Posters can be found HERE!!

Math Posters can be found HERE!!

 

 

Calendar

 

SMART Board

 

Math Materials

 

Word Wall / Word Work

 

Writing Area/ Work on Writing

 

Library

 If you follow me on Instragram under StephKinley you probably have already seen some of my classroom pictures. 

 

 Check back later this week to see some student work from our first second week!  Sorry I guess I didn't take any pictures the first week!!

Where I teach . . . What I love about my room!!

I’m sorry I’m behind on Teacher Week but I wanted to share some pictures of my room.  . . . OR what I LOVE the most about my room!!

 Many of you may have read I'm working at a year-round school now so I posted my Where I teach pictures awhile back but if you missed it you can read and check it out HERE!!

 

Here are a few more picture I wanted to share! 

 

I call this my Sound Wall!! 

I LOVED this!  I put it up at the beginning of the year last year and each time a student asked me what says . . . I took them to the Sound Wall and showed them the sound.  (Decorating Tip. . . back them on scrapbook paper.  It makes them look much cuter! Thank Sarah Cooley for that tip.)  I still need to find a place for it in my new room!!  I found these pictures on Deanna Jump's site but she no longer has them there.  However you CAN find something similar on Mrs. Lemon's Step into Second Grade HERE! 


Here is a little room shot.   

I LOVE my chair pockets.  A parent made them for me YEARS AGO!! I love them. GREAT INVESTMENT!! I love the different colors and I also LOVE the carpet in my NEW classroom! It helps you teach at ANY spot!!

 

I LOVE this little plastic shelf for paper storage.

I filled the baskets (really good stuff) with all the different types of writing paper and it is perfect in my Work on Writing area!!

 

Listening to Reading area!

 

I'm loving my crate shelf center!! It's the perfect place to hang up all those headphones!!

My carpet!!

Since my room is carpeted the school won't purchase classroom carpets for us!! SO . . . I went in to the Dollar Tree bought these carpet squares for $1 EACH and duct taped them together!! I don't LOVE the colors but the $24 price I LOVE!! And it really helps each student have their own space.

Think Aloud - Anchor Chart

We have been using this chart each day this week when reading!! My students are REALLY learning from it!! I love when they shout out, "That's a connection!" Or, "You are making a prediction!" They also love the Personal Response and the Reflection. I think they are doing great for week 5 of school!!

My ABC sentence strip to teach ABC Order!!

This is a must!! It really helps my students put the cards in order!!

 

What do you love in your room?

New School, NEW YEAR, Classroom Pictures

I'm so behind on blogging but for those of you that follow me on FB know that I teaching at a new school.

One last look at all the stuff I'm moving!!

I made the decision to move to RALEIGH!!! I'm still teaching first grade at a year round school!! I'm on Day 6 already!! CAN YOU BELIEVE IT??

I behing on blogging so I thought I would start with a class tour.   

I would LOVE to meet up with some Raleigh teachers.

Anyone interested in meeting your lunch??  Maybe July 28^th??

Where it ALL Goes DOWN! -- Classroom Pictures!

The Bulletin Board in the Hall

see the inspiration below

Open House Gift!

I found this on Pinterest: THANK YOU Ms. Hill

Thank you to: Jennifer for making the FIRST GRADE LABEL!!!

View Left to Right when you come into my classroom!

sorry this is a little blurry!

This is my Library--- It's on the other side of those bookcases.

Here is a closer look at that bench!!  A parent made it for me last year!!

HERE IS WHERE I GET MYSELF ORGANIZED!!

I put things that need to be done in the green TO DO bin.  When parents come in they go right to it.  Then they place it in one of the PREPARED bins.  Then I sort it in to the Days of the Week bins on TOP!! 

Student Desks

Tomorrow is our first day of school!!

Calendar Board/ Focus Wall

This will have a lot more info on it in a few weeks!! :)

Classroom Tour

Birthday Board

Center Rotation

Each year I group the students by ability and then create four heterogeneous groups.  By grouping my students heterogeneously they are able to work together to complete center work.  Since my classroom has a fish theme each group is named after an ocean animal.

Chores

In my classroom everyone does their part to take care of the classroom.  Each child has a chore. Everyday I move the names down one and put the bottom one on top.  The students get excited to see their new chore each day!

Word Wall

Each week we add words from our stories to our word wall!

Mini File Folder Word Wall

To help make my word wall more user friendly I created mini wall walls!!  Inside each folder is a list of all the words, beginning with that letter, we will learn during the school year.

Center Work Display - "FINtastic" Work

Classroom Library

I store all my books in baskets so the students are able to see the front over of the books.  I also group books but subject or author to help students find books they are interested in reading!  It also helps them put the books back! :)

Classroom Objectives

If you work at a school like me we have to display our objectives daily.  I got the idea to post them in a pocket chart so they can easily be updated.  I store the objective sentence strips in a closet on a ring by subject so they can be used again!

Pencil Baskets! 

Each student has a pencil basket that stores their crayons, pencil, glue stick, scissors, spaceman, and stickerbook.