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Classroom Ideas: Current Mentor Teacher's Classroom Design:







Classroom Theme: Travel School Theme: Dream Big

Classroom Ideas: -Use cool decorations to capture the students' interests -Have chairs only on certain sides of the table to ensure all students sit facing the board -Have a bulletin board focused on AR achievements (reading achievements) to motivate students to work hard towards a goal -Have a fun area for students to go to read books at (in this case the world map floor) -Have containers at the center of each table to allow for easy access to pencils, erasers, glue, and scissors



Other Ideas for a Future Classroom:





Other ways to set up the classroom: Have desks in a circle or in groups to aid in behavior management and promote group work

Reading centers that are inviting to students as well as organized to make using the area easy for students.

Ideas for students of what to do if they finish their work early



Provide visuals for students to easily see what the expectations in the classroom are

Teacher's lesson plans can be displayed in a creative way to allow him/her to easily refer to them as needed





Find creative ways to communicate important information such as centers, standards, essential questions, and homework assignments to students

Organization of what students are where as well as a way to remind students to put their names on their papers (have next to the bin they turn their work in at)





Two examples of how to display the calendar and other important concepts on a bulletin board





Ideas of ways and themes to use when decorating bulletin boards



There are numerous resources and ideas of bulletin boards, organization techniques, centers, and so much more. Just look online and so many great ideas will appear that can be used!