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Classroom Tour

29/8/2017

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I pretty much fell in love Tina Hargaden's video post in the CI Liftoff FB page in which she took us on a tour of her classroom, explaining her procedures and classroom setup and such. I decided to do something similar, but with the hopes of getting some ideas and feedback and (both positive and negative) criticism of my approach to my space.
The video is 10 minutes, so hopefully you'll be able to get through the whole thing without turning it off with thoughts of, "Good grief, this is boring," or, "Man, is this painful or what?"
As I mention in the video, I have a new room this year. I requested to switch rooms, as I wanted something where I had the students in closer proximity to me. I had been in a rectangular room for the previous two years, and while I loved the big space, I didn't like how "far away" the students in the back of the room were from me when I was at the front of the room. My Smart Board was on one of the short walls, and it was not possible to move it to one of the longer sides of the rectangle. (Admittedly, I have a tendency to stay anchored at the front of my room on my stool, next to my computer. I'm hoping to get away from that this year and move around a lot more, circulating in the room and being among the students more often.) So I'm working with a smaller space, which has forced me to rethink some of my previous set-ups (e.g. my FVR library).
I have some thoughts for a follow-up video, so if there's anything you'd like me to explain in greater detail, please let me know in the comments!
​Bisous.

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Catherine Ousselin link
29/8/2017 21:44:53

Love the shopping cart and the shoe slips for your stuffed animals! Merci de partager ta salle de classe et tes routines! Bonne rentrée!

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Andrea Schweitzer
29/8/2017 22:35:36

Looooove the Bitmoji usage. Brilliant!! Looks like you have a great set up. I'll be interested to hear how it goes with the flexible seating. I would love to do something like that, but I also like the management procedure I have of them sitting in the chair with their alpha order number (which I move around daily so they're never in the same spot or near the same person on a regular basis), but I know the kids would love chairs like that. I like how you're intending for them to earn them. All the best to you. Thanks for sharing your classroom with us.

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Jenna Sinclair
13/9/2019 13:01:16

Hi! Thanks for sharing. How do you track minutes in French? Do you keep a stopwatch going? Any incentive for the class that wins?

Merci!
Jenna

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