{"id":1690,"date":"2013-10-04T02:51:00","date_gmt":"2013-10-04T07:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funwithfirsties.com\/2013\/10\/welcome-to-my-classroom-tour\/"},"modified":"2013-10-04T02:51:00","modified_gmt":"2013-10-04T07:51:00","slug":"welcome-to-my-classroom-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lsdesignssites5.techsurgeons.com\/index.php\/2013\/10\/04\/welcome-to-my-classroom-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Grade One Classroom Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nOf course my classroom is STILL not completely done\u00a0{…but let’s be serious, is it ever really exactly the way we want it??!?}<\/i>.\u00a0So without further adieu, come on in and take a tour of my classroom!<\/div>\n
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\n*apologies in advance: I am horrible at remembering my camera so all of the following pictures were taken with my phone at 7:30 in the morning. So the lighting is strange and the pics are somewhat blurry!*<\/i><\/div>\n
\nAbove is the view from my classroom door.<\/div>\n
\nThis is my little “where we are” information board located on the outside of my door:<\/div>\n
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\nTo the left of the door is our drop-off station. This is where the kiddies put their take-home folders, drink\/food tickets, and move their star over to sign in:<\/div>\n
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\n{you can download my FREE magnetic sign-in labels\u00a0HERE<\/a>!}<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nTo your right when you walk in the door is our prayer centre\u00a0{not pictured}<\/i>\u00a0and the “welcome” bulletin board, which is currently featuring our class jobs and birthdays. Beneath the bulletin board is my behaviour management system. I don’t use a clip chart anymore and have switched to this ticket system which I am *in love* with. GOOD RIDDANCE, clip chart!!!\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\n{If you would like my FREE class jobs labels click\u00a0HERE<\/a>!}<\/i><\/div>\n
\nIf a student earns 20 or more tickets in one week, they get to clip their name to the “Hall of Fame:”<\/div>\n
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\nNext to the welcome board is our word wall and the Word Work 2 centre:<\/div>\n
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\n{Download my FREE blank word wall labels\u00a0HERE<\/a>}<\/i><\/div>\n
\nSeparating Word Work 1 and Word Work 2 is my alphamagnet “Read It, Build It” activity. This filing cabinet was just a waste of space last year–I NEVER use it. So this year I had the great idea of turning the drawers to the wall, and using the remaining 3 sides as a magnetic activity board. MUCH better! \ud83d\ude42<\/div>\n
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\nIf you keep moving along this same wall, you will find our writing\/reading focus wall. Right now it is just showing off\u00a0{from left to right}<\/i>\u00a0our Visual Writing Rubric, Writing Rules Checklist, our in-progress classroom big book which will eventually be moved to our reading centre, and our current writing focus\u00a0{recount writing}<\/i>. Below this whiteboard is Word Work 1.<\/div>\n
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\nLast but not least along this wall is our reading centre\/classroom library. That big empty space on the bulletin board is being reserved for our class-made big books. Right now my library is seriously lacking some comfortable pillows\/seating, but I have been too broke to buy\/make pillows \ud83d\ude41 …One day!<\/div>\n
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\nYou may have noticed the folders on the back of the blue bookshelf above. Those are fast finisher activities. I have not introduced this routine to my kiddies yet but I can’t wait! Here’s a closer look:<\/div>\n
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\n{Although they are not editable,\u00a0HERE<\/a>\u00a0are my fast finisher folder labels–as seen above plus MORE!!–if you would like them!}<\/i><\/div>\n
\nThe back wall of our classroom is where we display all of our fabulous work. I hung up their family tree activities after I took this picture so you are getting the “blank canvas” look \ud83d\ude1b<\/div>\n
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\nIn the centre of the counter\u00a0{as seen above}<\/i>\u00a0is our pencil station. Here’s a closer look at that:<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\n{Grab some FREE pencil labels\u00a0HERE<\/a>!}<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nAnd beneath on the shelves are all of my math manipulatives and math tubs:<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\n{Download my FREE math tub labels\u00a0HERE<\/a>!}<\/i><\/div>\n
\nMoving to the other side of the classroom, you will find my guided reading corner:<\/div>\n
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\nBeside that is our “math” whiteboard and “math words” bulletin board. Beneath that is our listening centre, which also houses the laptop and Elmo for my SmartBoard:<\/div>\n
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\nHere’s a bigger view of this side of the room taken from the reading centre:<\/div>\n
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\n{The coloured construction paper above the boards is my alphabet, waiting to be customized by my firsties! Download my FREE chalkboard alphabet labels\u00a0HERE<\/a>}<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nTo the left of the SmartBoard {as seen above}<\/i> is our “Morning Meeting” area. Here’s a closer look at that:<\/div>\n
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\n…looking from the reading centre to the back of the classroom and out the door:<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\nBehind my desk, at the back of the classroom, is our writing wall\u00a0{currently featuring all of the students’ writing from the beginning of our Recount focus until now}<\/i>\u00a0and writing centre:<\/div>\n
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\nBehind the chart stand, pocket chart, and “Morning Meeting” area, is our supplies station and all of my math tub activities for each month. Opposite this area is the sink:\u00a0<\/div>\n
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\n{Click\u00a0HERE\u00a0<\/a>to visit the post where you can download my monthly chalkboard labels for FREE!}<\/i><\/div>\n
\nHere is a view from my desk\u00a0{such a beautiful sunny morning!}<\/i>:<\/div>\n
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\nEach of my tables has a coloured pompom and a chalkboard group number:<\/div>\n
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\n{Chalkboard labels are from my\u00a0Chalkboards and Banners Decor Pack<\/a>}<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nAnd that about sums up my classroom reveal. I hope you enjoyed the tour!\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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