Physical+Environment



// I designed a potential classroom floor plan that I might want to use in the future on classroom.4teachers.org. I designed this classroom in hopes of making the physical environment for my students to be relaxing and welcoming.//

http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/classroom-organization-physical-environment //Scholastic has a fantastic article on the link above that is extremely helpful in knowing how to set up the physical environment of your classroom. The way you arrange the space in your room also is a testament to the type of educator you are.//

http://www.allstudentscanshine.blogspot.ca/2013/06/classroom-decor-and-organization.html //This is a great blog. On this particular page on her blog she has pictures and descriptions of different parts of her classroom. I absolutely love her pictures and this page because I want to set my classroom up physically like hers if I am teaching k-2.//

//Bulletin boards, as long as they are grade appropriate, are great ways to get the students excited to be a part of your class on the first week of school. If students actually are// //excited to be a part of your class at the beginning just due to the physical environment, they will most likely continue to be excited for your class throughout the remainder of the year.//

http://seusstastic.blogspot.com/ //Appropriate for K-3 grades.//

//This is a picture I found on Pinterest that I thought would be a great way to set up a K-2 elementary classroom.//

This is another physical environment picture I discovered on Pinterest. I like this room idea, but I also think it is slightly plain and clustered. This would be a good classroom layout for grades K-3.

I also found this picture on Pinterest and see this as a great physical floor layout of a classroom for 4th-5th grades.

http://www.k-5mathteachingresources.com/classroom-environment.html //This website had great physical environment ideas for math classrooms K-5. This article on this site even includes the proper and most useful// //manipulatives that are grade level specific. It was a great article to read about how to physically set up a positive math class environment in elementary teaching.//

https://www.teachervision.com/classroom-management/decorative-arts/6506.html //This website had more great tips on how to set up your classroom environment. It was also great in explaining how the classroom environment should look differently depending on the grade level you are teaching. I liked this article and enjoyed the breakdown of the// //floor plan, classroom decor, storage space, and even the greenhouse effect of entrusting students to care for live plants. There were lots of good pointers given in this short article of how to set up an effective classroom environment.//