My elementary school serves first through third graders. A huge passion of mine has always been around classroom culture and climate.
I train and expect my students to be independent, hard-working and cooperative learners focused on setting and reaching their own individual goals.
I offer a variety of seating options including adjustable stools, exercise balls, wobble stools, tall stools, traditional chairs and cushioned benches to sit on everyday.
I opt to not use overhead fluorescent lighting. Instead I have provided over thirty lamps throughout the classroom to foster a more relaxing environment for learning.
We listen to instrumental music during our independent work times in the background.
My students know they are safe, loved and valued. We are family.
My Project
A favorite part of the day in our 3rd classroom is read aloud time.
My students and I cannot wait for this brand new book by Katherine Applegate called "The One and Only Bob".
This new book releases on May 5, 2020.
Together we read Katherine's "The One and Only Ivan", which won the Newbery Award medal. She is now telling the story of the character of Bob, a dog and friend of Ivan's from the original story.
With 7 copies, I plan to use this book in my small groups and have a copy or 2 to add to my classroom library for students to read independently if they desire. I suspect it is going to be a high demand book as they loved the character of Bob.
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