My classroom
The kid's recliner was given to me from a friend and former first grade co-worker. He moved to San Francisco last August and is teaching 7th and 8th grade ESE... no longer needed a little-person's recliner.
We got full LeapFrog Literacy Centers. This included the 3 LeapPads you see above, plus 5 more take-home backpacks with LeapPads and headphones, a plethora of Leapbooks (available only in the school market so the kids won't have them at home), a LeapDesk, a LeapMat, and a bookshelf of supplemental pieces (the blue and green one seen below).
First Graders can't tell (or at least don't care) if you don't have a good singing voice... we have songs for transitions and rituals and curriculum. It really helps the students retain things in a fun way. The chant above is for coming to the rug.
Here you can see the blue trim... the picture looks BLUE!!
Another first grade teacher & I work together on this one... the words change weekly.
even if the walls were recently painted.
My kids have over 25 labs that they are totally independent with (I use that time to meet with small guided reading groups so they can't interrupt us). We only have 11 "open" right now. They have to change out quite often to maintain interest. They have 10 page Lab Logs where they document what they're doing for a grade each week. Pretty serious stuff for first grade.
With a silent flash of fingers I can give the kids feedback during whole group time... this is great for when we have observers. A lot of times, the kids are redirected and the observer doesn't even notice.
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