class(room) B-23
Here's the world-exclusive first photo of my classroom at Northeast Middle School, room B-23.
I've said before that I teach in an "open space" classroom. This means that I'm in a hallway with dividers set up to mark off the class borders. You can see one of these on the right side of the photo, with plenty of space between it and the ceiling. Today, for example, about 25 textbooks were thrown over that so-called wall. Students roaming the halls will walk into the adjacent open space class and go crazy (if there's no class that period or if there's a substitute; today it happened both ways). So I'm learning to swat books back, Shaq-rejection style. If you concentrate on the hardcovers and not the paperbacks, not as many students get hurt.
...But on to happier details. My classroom is pretty distinguishable by the jungle motif. I've tripled the construction paper leaves since this picture was taken and added a few more vines - green yarn with clothespins attached to hold worksheets. The big cardboard Langauge Arts Adventure map was made from an Ikea box. The arrows and tape on the floor are for lining up at the end of class. Notice the hole in the left side of the ceiling; water drips down on rainy days (guess where I sit the kids who are giving me trouble? Nah, just kidding). There's also a "word wall" above the chalkboard that contains all of our vocabulary words. My classroom has expanded since one teacher nextdoor was reassigned. It's about five times as big as what you see in the picture, which is a lot better to work with. Today I rearranged my room for the 7th time this year, so the students are getting new seats on Monday.
Hey Chris and Jovanna - did I do a good job of describing your classroom?
Thursday, January 30 at 4:35 PM
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