There are no corners without books. That’s the first thing you notice. Teaching books in the corner with my desk, which is just a table because I don’t need drawers that will only get messy. New arrivals on a shelf by the door. Sports in the back corner. And appealing stacks on the large vents surround the plant corner.
Front left: The snacks live in the cupboard behind my table. I don’t see how any classroom functions without snacks. I get to know so many kids I don’t actually teach, because everyone knows I’ve got snacks. And snacks lead to bigger conversations. Please have a granola bar–and now help me understand why you’re failing 3 classes and what you’re going to do about it. Today. Right now. While you’re eating that granola bar.
Front right: The supplies live on a table by the door. Pens, pencils (I’ve gone through thousands of pencils this year; where do they go??), paper, masks, band-aids, bookmarks, tissues. Each student table also has a supply caddy with pens, pencils, glue sticks, markers, highlighters, colored pencils, crayons, and sticky notes. We love snacks and supplies in Room 321.
Back left: The plant corner, a new development in my classroom this year. I tried to have a plant last year and mostly killed it. But this year, I’ve mostly kept them alive! I enjoy the three orchids best. They have bloomed for months, and the one that lost all its blooms is now covered in buds.
Back right: A design feature of my school is that each classroom has a window in the back corner that looks into the classroom next door. I’m probably lucky that the teacher next door has her desk in that corner so that when my students look through the window, all they see is her at her desk doing mathy things.
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This idea came from Megan’s Slice of Life. (And also took me more than 4 minutes!)
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