Classroom Design

Amanda Love Whittaker

March 4, 2015

Classroom Design

1st grade

Security and Shelter

Having a spacious classroom can make the students feel less over whelmed. Here there are gutters used as book shelves to provide more room into the classroom.

http://misswallacekinders.weebly.com/ocean-week-1.html

Social Contact

Not only is space important to remember when organizing desks, but how well the students will work together in groups and the number of people in each group. Rows would be idealistic if choosing to have one to two partners.

http://thecornerstoneforteachers.com/free-resources/organization/classroom-seating-arrangements

http://www.opencolleges.edu.au/informed/features/20-ways-to-better-organize-your-classroom/

Symbolic Identification

Covering space in the hall way, decorating desks, and even hanging things from the ceiling has a wonderful effect. Students will work hard and appreciate their work being displayed. Also it will show the many different personalities and voice from each student. Keeping in mind not to over do it.

This is something I found where the students painted a self-portrait on bulletin board paper. They then typed an autobiography.

http://thecornerstoneforteachers.com/free-resources/organization/bulletin-boards

Task Instrumentality

Labeling stations with picture instructions will help students follow what I instructionally taught days or weeks later.

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/f5/54/dd/f554dd3252ae0ca6ca7b36d2181a34d7.jpg

Pleasure

I plan to have a Wildlife theme to my classroom. This will help for assignments that I can manipulate to fit this theme then place on the walls to go along with the other decorations and making a warm and inviting atmosphere.

http://skippersjungle.blogspot.com/2012/07/lots-of-classroom-theme-ideas.html

Growth

Changing out additional posters, books, and hands on stations that pertain to what we are currently learning about will give them extra things to read, explore, and learn on their own. Just giving them the materials to further their interests.

http://hellogiggles.com/the-traveling-reader/bag-of-books