Grade One Classroom Tour

Of course my classroom is STILL not completely done {…but let’s be serious, is it ever really exactly the way we want it??!?}. So without further adieu, come on in and take a tour of my classroom!

*apologies in advance: I am horrible at remembering my camera so all of the following pictures were taken with my phone at 7:30 in the morning. So the lighting is strange and the pics are somewhat blurry!*

Above is the view from my classroom door.

This is my little “where we are” information board located on the outside of my door:

To the left of the door is our drop-off station. This is where the kiddies put their take-home folders, drink/food tickets, and move their star over to sign in:

{you can download my FREE magnetic sign-in labels HERE!}

To your right when you walk in the door is our prayer centre {not pictured} and the “welcome” bulletin board, which is currently featuring our class jobs and birthdays. Beneath the bulletin board is my behaviour management system. I don’t use a clip chart anymore and have switched to this ticket system which I am *in love* with. GOOD RIDDANCE, clip chart!!!

{If you would like my FREE class jobs labels click HERE!}

If a student earns 20 or more tickets in one week, they get to clip their name to the “Hall of Fame:”

Next to the welcome board is our word wall and the Word Work 2 centre:

{Download my FREE blank word wall labels HERE}

Separating Word Work 1 and Word Work 2 is my alphamagnet “Read It, Build It” activity. This filing cabinet was just a waste of space last year–I NEVER use it. So this year I had the great idea of turning the drawers to the wall, and using the remaining 3 sides as a magnetic activity board. MUCH better! 🙂

If you keep moving along this same wall, you will find our writing/reading focus wall. Right now it is just showing off {from left to right} our Visual Writing Rubric, Writing Rules Checklist, our in-progress classroom big book which will eventually be moved to our reading centre, and our current writing focus {recount writing}. Below this whiteboard is Word Work 1.

Last but not least along this wall is our reading centre/classroom library. That big empty space on the bulletin board is being reserved for our class-made big books. Right now my library is seriously lacking some comfortable pillows/seating, but I have been too broke to buy/make pillows 🙁 …One day!

You may have noticed the folders on the back of the blue bookshelf above. Those are fast finisher activities. I have not introduced this routine to my kiddies yet but I can’t wait! Here’s a closer look:

{Although they are not editable, HERE are my fast finisher folder labels–as seen above plus MORE!!–if you would like them!}

The back wall of our classroom is where we display all of our fabulous work. I hung up their family tree activities after I took this picture so you are getting the “blank canvas” look 😛

In the centre of the counter {as seen above} is our pencil station. Here’s a closer look at that:

{Grab some FREE pencil labels HERE!}

And beneath on the shelves are all of my math manipulatives and math tubs:

{Download my FREE math tub labels HERE!}

Moving to the other side of the classroom, you will find my guided reading corner:

Beside that is our “math” whiteboard and “math words” bulletin board. Beneath that is our listening centre, which also houses the laptop and Elmo for my SmartBoard:

Here’s a bigger view of this side of the room taken from the reading centre:

{The coloured construction paper above the boards is my alphabet, waiting to be customized by my firsties! Download my FREE chalkboard alphabet labels HERE}

To the left of the SmartBoard {as seen above} is our “Morning Meeting” area. Here’s a closer look at that:

…looking from the reading centre to the back of the classroom and out the door:

Behind my desk, at the back of the classroom, is our writing wall {currently featuring all of the students’ writing from the beginning of our Recount focus until now} and writing centre:

Behind the chart stand, pocket chart, and “Morning Meeting” area, is our supplies station and all of my math tub activities for each month. Opposite this area is the sink: