Groovy Educator

Instead of the "Moo-la" store, I am doing Blue Moments, Blue Day for part of my citizenship plan.  I have the stoplight but do not like doling out only negative consequences therefore, my children can earn their way to the top of the chart for a blue day.  A blue day is an outstanding job.  At the end of the day the children who earn blue receive a ticket for the Star Student drawing. The Star Student drawing is done on Fridays.  Basically the current star student pulls a ticket out of the bag (without looking) and whoever has his/her name on the ticket is the new star student for the following week.  The star student gets to have a star student seat cover (found in the dollar bin at Target), a star student cone to sit on his/her desk, and his or her name up on the star student chart.  The star student is also our line leader for the week.  I think I will also pass out a star pencil or eraser to the star student. Some children have difficulty main...

Here you can see my office nook a little better.  Please note that i am not finished setting up for the year.  On my desk I have two pink baskets to file student work.  One basket is graded work to pass back and one is work to save.  The other baskets are where I store work to be completed. You can see the edge of my smartboard in the picture.  On the light blue filing cabinet I will set up the projector.  The document camera will be on the edge of my reading table. The white rack is where my plan book and teaching manuals will go.  The brown basket will have my small group activities. Again you can see I like having everything within an arm's reach.  It helps with time management when you don't have to keep walking back and forth across the room to get supplies.  I placed the Winnie the Pooh poster right beside the smartboard so that students have a visual when learning to stand to the side of the board.  I'm going ...