A classroom set-up is always going to vary from teacher to teacher. Not everything is by their control either such as the desks provided, technology such as the SMART board, and a teacher will not know how much space is provided including cabinet space until they go in their classroom for the first time. Aside from what a teacher cannot control, this is what I would want in my classroom regardless.
I designed this classroom floor-plan to show approximately how I would like my classroom set-up.
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I believe in group work and student collaboration. As they say “two minds are better than one.” I would want table desks where students can sit together at them.
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Each student would have a pencil box, pencil, eraser, glue stick, crayon box, and pair of scissors to help them get through the different activities we will do.
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I would need a classroom library. It is really important to have different genres of books for different level readers in the classroom.
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A carpet by the whiteboard because I like when students come and sit down on the carpet while I deliver a lesson. Ideally, the carpet would be separated into their own squares. A smart idea from my CT was when she put duck tape on the carpet to make it into separate squares for students to sit in.
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An organizer for each student for when papers go home to their parents.
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Dry Erase Markers for the whiteboard.
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Dry erase sponge to erase marker.
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A clock to tell the time.
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Unifix cubes
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2 Bathroom Bears (Great idea from my CT), when a student needs to go to the bathroom, they put a bathroom bear at their spot.
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Electric pencil sharpener.
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Alphabet on the wall (for earlier grades.)
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Kelso’s Choices Poster
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A teacher’s desk.
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Teacher’s lap top
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Paper for students to use. Both loose-leaf and blank paper.
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A large box of pencil crayons.
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First Aid kit for when students have minor injuries.
