I used large laminated pieces of paper to add a mini-vocabulary anchor spot for each grade – laminated because I can write on/wipe off easily with dry erase marker. Instead of leaving the whiteboard elements on both sides I decided to cover up the whiteboard on the left with music note themed paper to make a vocabulary anchor spot. Vocabulary Anchor Spot – I know that many other folks have a room with a white board that’s sort of cut up or interrupted by an interactive whiteboard or TV right in the middle. Up above the board you’ll find my instrument flags/bunting where I display a variety of common instruments separated into their different families. On the left: I have a little “book nook” with children’s book storage, a vocabulary anchor (see next paragraph), my digital piano, my teacher desk, and above those on the wall an anchor wall for notes of the Treble Clef. On the right: I’ve got room for writing on the white board, a comfy chair for reading to kiddos (it belonged to my Great Grandma), my puppet tree, and a mini storage closet. Here’s a view of the “front” of the music room including the main white board, the Promethean board, and front carpet area. Check out this blog post from 2015 or this blog post from 2016 if you’d like to see how I’ve decorated my previous classrooms and compare/contrast to this new room. Along the way just click any picture that you want to enlarge. That said, I am really excited about some of the big progress that’s happened in my room at Woodstock Elementary School (WES) so far and I wanted to share with you! I’ll add in some explanations with the “before and after” pictures so you can try and understand my thought process of what I put up and why. I don’t think my classroom decoration/organization will ever truly be “finished” as there’s always something to add, alter, improve, eliminate, decorate, or change out. I didn’t make this post because I’d finally figured out the optimal design and that all others should make their room look just like mine. I just wanted to share what’s worked for me in my classroom in the hopes that it will give you some inspiration or encouragement for your own space. If this gives you ideas of what you want to do in your space, great! If you don’t like any of it, that’s okay too. I get so many great ideas from seeing other classrooms and that’s why I wanted to share my classroom with all of you. I want to think about how the room functions for them and how it can work for multiple grade levels.Īnd every time I walk into a friend’s classroom I stop to take it all in, thinking about the purpose of the room and how it would function day-to-day. When I plan out my classroom (the bulletin boards, the general layout, where and how to store the instruments, decorative details) I always try to keep kids in mind. I love thinking about classroom design and function.
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