CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENT
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Questions How can I make our class more inviting?
How can I make the seating more comfortable? How can I encourage independent, pair, group work, and whole-class discussions? How can I encourage more student interest in my particular subject in this room? How can I help other staff feel comfortable using my room? How can I make my room not just about reading and writing, since other teachers use this room? How can I give the resource teacher room for her supplies for when she’s using the room for her class? How can I share classroom supplies with these teachers who use this room? How can I share classroom supplies with students - without having them ask me about them every day? How can I share our agenda, classwork, assignments, project dates, reflections, and class celebrations with students… and also with parents? Classroom CultureWhat message do I send to students the first five days of class?
How can I let students know they matter to me? How can I learn who these students are so that I can better teach each one? How can I encourage risk taking so students put forth effort and become empowered? How can I encourage each child to share and then collaborate with each other? Further Reading4 Reasons Teachers SHOULD Assign Seats - Mark Barnes
5 Simple Steps to Write a Professional Mission Statement - Jessica Balsley 7 Tips for Moving for Decorating to Designing Classrooms - Dr. Robert Dillon A 7th Grade Teacher's Shift to Flexible Seating - Brooke Markle 8 Tips for Communicating with Parents Using Email - Alice Keeler 10 Common Flexible Seating Myths - John S. Thomas 25 Bulletin Boards You Can Keep Up All Year - Laura Candler Bigger Dreamer Music - Music for Class Instruction Can Flexible Classrooms Boost Student Achievement? Classroom Cribs Deskless Tribe - Christina Dismuke Flexible Classrooms: Research is Scarce, but Promising - Stephen Merrill Flexible Seating in Middle School by Laura Bradley, along with a Photo Essay (How to)! Flexible Seating Student-Centered Classroom - Kayla Delzer Matera, M. (2015). Explore like a pirate: Engage, enrich, and elevate your learners with gamification and game-inspired course design. San Diego, CA: Dave Burgess Consulting. Here's a Crazy Idea: Let Students Go to the Bathroom! - Shanna Peeples Innovative Learning Spaces Playlist - Edutopia Kids Deserve It! - Todd Nesloney & Adam Welcome More Than 40 Examples of Classroom & School Blogs - Richard Byrne Music as a Teaching Tool - Maria Alegria My Dull-Looking Classroom... - Keith Geswein OUR Classroom - Alana Stanton The Physical Environment of Classrooms - Mark Phillips The Power of the Positive Phone Call Home - Elena Aguilar To Flex or Not to Flex?... - Maggie Lopez Reimagining Learning Spaces - Tricia Ebarvia Restroom Pass Idea - Eric Rush Student-Created Newsletters - Justin Birckbichler Three Unused Teaching Tools: The Furniture, Floor, and Walls - Ben Johnson Un-Seating Charts - Sarah J. Donovan The Value of Student-Opinion Surveys - Larry Ferlazzo Why I Hate Classroom Themes - Emily Fintelman Why You Teach: Developing a Teacher Mission Statement - Grant Wiggins Reflection & Call to Action What does your classroom look like to the students? Go ahead, sit in various parts of the room, and imagine being in that spot for awhile. Heck - sit in OTHER classrooms, too. What do you notice about the physical look of the place? What would... distract you? ...lure you? ...welcome you?
How could you change your classroom environment to be more welcoming? What do you call your room? If you believe your room is not really YOUR room, how can you make the name of your room more appealing to your students? How could you promote collaboration among students during the first five days? Research the #1st5days hashtag or LiveBinder (tinyurl.com/Shift1st5days) and jot down five ideas you’d like to try. How will you let students know you value their opinion during the first five days, and throughout the rest of the school year? Attendance Questions - Judi Holst
10 Ways Music Makes Your Class Rock
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