Classroom Reveal 2015-2016

New city, new school, new grade level, new class! So much new-ness (yes, that's made up) starts on MONDAY when all 21 fourth graders walk through my classroom door. I'm so excited, it *almost* feels like Christmas Eve around here :) Here is what my kiddos will see when the come to school everyday this year. I present to you, my classroom!

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Our school is a private catholic school that has been around since 1885. I am the only 4th grade teacher, and I have 21 students. 

The hallway/entrance

Welcome banner, border, subway art poster from Hope King

The back of the room:

Behavior chart, rules poster

 Back wall

The Word Wall was made from cork boards from Hobby Lobby! I used the online 40% off coupon and went 3 different days to get a board. I stuck them together on the wall and covered them with paper, border, and letters. I plan on using it for math vocabulary!

 Pencils, lunch bucket, tissues/hand sanitizer, news board for announcements, pre-cut letters

 Reading and Math centers: I have 4 reading centers and 8 math centers. The reading centers are changed weekly and the math centers are changed every 2 weeks. Centers are completed Monday-Thursday, and Friday is used for assessments/Free Choice Friday. The blue pocket chart is for reading centers and the red is for math (still being assembled). Each student does one center a day.

*Be Sweet, Earn a Treat: whole class behavior reward system.

 Bookshelf with extra school supplies

 Jobs board and 1,000 chart

Special reading chairs: I have had these since I was in elementary school..crazy!! I got the rug on clearance from At Home

The side walls:

I have a whole wall of huge windows and shelving! :) Books will be on display when we study themes.

Math manipulative baskets, hooks for backpacks, reading library. Some hooks have bags on them because those students did not make it to Open House to get their little gifts. 

 Fiction books are labeled by AR reading level. Nonfiction books are labeled by subject. Series books are labeled together.

The front of the room:

My desk area, calendar

 English/Language Arts focus board for objectives, standards, anchor charts, genre posters.....etc. Pre-cut letters from Mardel, burlap banner from Hobby Lobby

Math focus board

 Y'all, these carpet squares beside my desk...amazing and FREE!! When I got my first teaching job, I had nothing for my classroom...it was so pitiful. I asked a local carpet store to donate discarded carpet squares for my classroom, and they filled my little Camry with FREE carpet squares! Now that I have a rug, my students use them for center work on the floor. They are a hit!

Small group table, cursive alphabet, laptop stand.

LOVE these subway art quotes from Hope King! 

Student desks:

They are HUGE! Sadly, I couldn't fit 21 desks in groups and still have room to walk around comfortably, so they are in semi-groupings. They bottom part offers great storage for books, spirals, workbooks, and folders. The top smaller part is for supplies/personal books.

My organization:

Copies for the week with labeled binder clips/materials

Daily take home folders (red basket for red folders, of course!)

I can't wait to start filling up the walls and halls with my students' work and our anchor charts throughout the year! Fourth grade will be a new journey for me, and I'm so grateful for how the Lord has worked in my life to get me here. 

Here we go!