Our Monster Door Hanger greets all of my little monSTARS each morning.
Our art wall showcases those special masterpieces and our transportation board makes sure everyone is getting home correctly.
Our cubbies store our centers while Mrs. Madden's lesson plan storage sits on top in labeled containers.
We refer to our writing stages often during Writer's Workshop.
Our rain gutter bookshelves hold our read-alouds so that students can see the titles for taking AR tests if they want.
Our laptops are beneath the raingutter shelves and our rolling seat crates make the perfect seating and provide extra storage!
View
one of one of our reading areas. Students rotate sitting in a ton of
different cozy spots around our classroom for independent reading time.
This shelf holds our non-fiction books and author study baskets. Our reading buddies are kept here, too.
The
bunting you see around our classroom is just triangles of fabric held
to the wall with red duct tape....no sewing at all - easy peasy!
The monster canvases along our windowsills provide another little touch.
This is our second reading area. We love books!
Here's a view from the teacher's desk. We even captured our amazing student teacher, Miss Sease, working hard at her table!
Mr. Madden turned a trashcan into monster storage for our puppets!
Our
school uses Accelerated Reader so this board is used for that. You can
also see our scoreboard (whole brain teaching) and the teacher's comfy
chair. :)
We spend MUCH of our day on our spotted carpet! We LOVE it! (Thanks KidCarpet.com)!
Our other bulletin board holds our anchor chart tablet.
Just a close up of more of our cozy spots waiting on a little reader to come along. :)
Students move their clips to make their lunch choices here each morning.
Here's another classroom view from a front corner.
Here's a close up of one of our table teams.
No words needed. A must have for our classroom.
Our Whole Brain Teaching class rules hang above our class restroom. <3
This storage area is where all of our daily supplies and prep materials land.
Our centers and reading group materials are stored in this area.
Our pencil area.
More
storage is by our door, along with the mailbox for turning in teacher
notes and our weekly goodbye for students to say as they walk out the
door.
Our work hangs from these frames in the hallway.
Our MONSTERS enrichment club hangs in the hall as well.
Your classroom is beautiful...so well decorated that I want to move right in! Thank you for sharing!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much! We would definitely invite you in! :)
DeleteI LOVE your classroom!!! 😍😍😍 My daughter would thrive in an environment like that. Wish we lived in the upstate! Found your page while researching 2nd grade curriculums.
ReplyDeleteThanks Melissa! That is the biggest compliment you could give! <3
ReplyDeleteWhat a rich learning environment! You are an amazing teacher! I have a question about your tubs. Where do you purchase them, and how do you use them?
ReplyDeleteThanks! I usually pick them up at Big Lots but I've also seen them at Walmart and Publix. :)
DeleteYour classroom is BEAUTIFUL! I have a question about your pencil area... the erasers in the bubble gum machine is AMAZING! Do students have to pay a quarter for an eraser? How does that work.
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DeleteHi Amy! My husband was able to set it so that we don't need to put quarters in to retrieve erasers. We simply twist the knob. :)
DeleteOh - that is awesome! I have a bubble gum machine at home (we currently have M&Ms in it!) I might have to see if my hubby can figure out how to do that! I already told him that I wanted our bubble gum machine ;)
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