Take a peek at my Classroom

Drumroll please…here’s my classroom!

I call my classroom at the beginning of the year the “bare bones” classroom because I only put up what needs to be up (i.e., center directions, schedule, etc) and my students’ work and photographs will make the classroom “meaty” as the year goes by. It’s not Insta-fancy but I still get lots of compliments!

The best part of my room is the long, rectangular windows that start from one end of the wall and stretch across to the other side. The natural lighting in this room is the BEST and really makes everyone’s morning bright! On some mornings I can see geese on the field!

Here's my classroom set-up for the year! Read the article to see how I set up my classroom, literacy and math centers!

I’m not a huge fan of thematic classrooms but do like to have cohesive colors.

Without further ado, my classroom. Enjoy!

I ordered a black and white rug from Wal-mart and when I took these photos it hadn’t arrived. As you can see, black is my base color and I used red, yellow, blue, and white to make my room pop!

Here’s the writing center!

The kindergarten sight words are already up for reference. We will continue to add to the word wall as the year goes on. The alphabet label is from Maria Gavin’s TpT store.

Literacy centers

Students go to differentiated literacy centers based on their phonics pre-assessments. I play all phonics games that I put in the bins so students can learn from them independently. Reading response is when students respond to a text comprehension question using their guided reading books. I have bins for library and listening centers follow-up activities.

Library Center

Now, to my favorite part of the classroom…the library center! I actually go to the library and check out 70 books to keep my library center updated and relevant. Once a month during morning meetings, I ask students what books would they like for me to bring from the public library and that’s how I decide which books to switch out. Lucky for me, the library is a 5-minute drive away!

The book bin labels are from Maria Gavin’s Teachers Pay Teachers store.

Here are math bins! My students go to math rotations and one center they rotate to is math bins. Each bin has math games that are based on what we are learning or what we have learned. My math bins have to be switched out pretty frequently because my students get bored with the activities but that’s when my math center activities come in handy! I switch out the activities every week based on student data, what we’re learning and what we’re reviewing.

The math bin labels are from Amy Grosebeck’s Teachers Pay Teachers store.