Classroom+Tour

= Welcome to Our Room! =

This is a view of our classroom.

This is the view of the other side of our classroom.  When students first arrive, they make their lunch choice by putting their clothes pin on the lunch poster. They also turn in any papers they brought back to school in the turn-in bin on top of the cubbies. 

This is our guided reading table. Wipe-off boards are in the pockets of each chair for students to use while they are at the guided reading table. This is our RESPECT poster. We discuss respect a great deal. This poster serves as our classroom rules. If each child shows respect, they will be making good choices.

This is a view of our "How am I doing today?" pocket chart. This is how we track student behavior. Each student has a number. If they receive a warning about their behavior they move a yellow fish stick into their number pocket. If the undesired behavior continues they move another fish stick into their pocket and have to walk 5 laps at recess. If the behavior continues, they must move a third stick into their pocket. They will be required to walk 10 laps at recess and a note will go home. If a fourth stick must be moved into their pocket, they will go visit Mrs. Spaur and she will contact the parents. After a student has walked his/her laps, they may move their fish sticks back up into the pocket, leaving one in their number pocket as a warning for the rest of the day. The pink, blue, and purple fish sticks are used to signify when a student is out of the room to use the restroom or visit the nurse.



This is our consequences poster. The consequences are discussed farther in the caption above. There are some instances in which a warning is inappropriate and students need to be directed straight to Mrs. Spaur. We keep track of our whole class behavior with this fish bowl. When we receive a compliment as a whole class, we get a fish. When we have earned 5 fish we have earned a FUN DAY!! These are our writing drawers. This is where students go to find various papers for Writers Workshop. Here they can get, writing paper, pink practice paper, graphic organizers, and publishing paper. Our classroom library is ready and waiting! Here students can find ocean books, non-fiction, and fiction books. These books are accessible during Read to Self and Read to Someone time in Daily5.

 Just one of the cozy spots to read during Read to Self or Read to Someone. Students can also read with a stuffed buddy out of the purple crate. Our book boxes are stored on the window sill.

 The rest of our book boxes are in the window sill on the other side of the filing cabinet. 

<span style="color: #7906ac; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: center;"> Next to our book boxes, we store our magnetic letters. We use these letters daily during spelling. Students fill the pencil pouch in their spelling folder with the letters they will need for the week. <span style="color: #7906ac; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Our classroom computers.

<span style="color: #7906ac; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: center;"> This is where we do math meeting each day. We learn calendar skills and practice an array of math skills such as telling time, place value, graphing, and skip counting. <span style="color: #7906ac; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: center;">In between our word wall and math meeting board, we will post our "Treasured Words!" These are words we use frequently in writing but that are not word wall words. Just another resource for students to use in their writing. We will also "sink" over used words on anchors at the bottom of this board. Words such as and like and fun can sometimes be over used. Phrases such as: "I see a" and "I like" are often over used as well. This will remind students to use interesting words in their writing. <span style="color: #7906ac; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: center;">The carpet is where we meet for mini lessons, as well as author studies, and read alouds. You can also see our theme books under the white board and our author study books on the chalk tray. Students can read theme books during Read to Self or Read to Someone and they may read author study books after I have read them to the whole class. I would hate for them to spoil the ending for someone else! :)  <span style="color: #7906ac; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: center;">This is where we store our Working With Words materials. Students use these materials independently during Daily5.   <span style="color: #7906ac; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: center;">This is where we store our Working on Writing materials. In the drawers we store materials such as recipe cards, stationary, envelopes, and other papers that promote writing with a purpose. Under the Working on Writing materials, we store our spelling notebooks.

<span style="color: #7906ac; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Next to our Working on Writing shelf, you will find the classroom Smartboard and Elmo. The Elmo projects what ever is laid under the camera up onto the Smartboard. Mrs. Patterson uses the Elmo to demonstrate various tasks. Students use the Elmo to share their work with the class. Next to our Smartboard is our Handy Helpers bulletin board.

<span style="color: #7906ac; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: center;"> These are our cubbies. Nice and neat!

<span style="color: #7906ac; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: center;">The listening center hangs beside the door. We listen to our books on tape with walkmans. They are not out yet, but we store them in the bottom pockets.

<span style="color: #7906ac; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Tucked away over in the corner is our growing tree. Here we record our height at the beginning, middle, and end of first grade. You wouldn't believe how much we grow! <span style="color: #7906ac; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: center;">

<span style="color: #7906ac; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Outside our door you will find our bulletin board. For the beginning of the year, Mrs. Patterson is "Reeling in a Great Class!" Check back throughout the year to find our class' writings and projects.