So yesterday I decide to go by school to pick up my new teacher guides and check out the new math series our district just purchased for K-3. Here is what was waiting for me:
There were 7 boxes of stuff... plus crates to put things in. I started with OPEN THIS BOX FIRST. So I found out there are 135 lessons and crates to put all the lessons into ~ GREAT... because my file cabinets are pretty full. The 3 boxes you see on the right are ALL worksheets. I started putting the worksheets into the folders and filled each crate... here is what it looked like after about an hour and a half:
Each crate has a lid and you stack them on a base that has wheels. There is a small crate that goes on top to hold learning wrapups and other small manipulatives. After I put it all together, I rolled it down to my classroom.
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am very nervous about the meeting board. The dimensions are outrageous and I have very LIMITED space in my classroom. I don't have any large bulleting boards and my smartboard is right in the middle of my front wall. Where am I going to put this? I wish I had the space like Ms. Van Orman of First Grade Fun:
Her board looks AMAZING! However, I just DO NOT have the room. Just to prove it to you I will post some pictures of my classroom last year.
Here is a picture of my classroom from the door. I will be changing LOTS of things this next year...PLUS my room has been painted including a new accent wall. (YAY)!! But this will give you the general idea of the room in my classroom. The window wall has shelves built in so I could not put it on that wall due to the kids cannot reach it or be interactive.
I know what you are thinking... what about the back wall where the moose and bookshelf are now? Well another addition to my classroom ~ a new whiteboard takes up that wall that is 4ft by 8 ft. Here is another view of my classroom looking back the other direction.
NO room here! You can see at the left corner I put my word wall on my cabinet doors last year. I REALLY didn't like this and have now decided to put my word wall on my new magnetic white board at the back of the room... to allow for a more interactive WW. But, I may have to use the new whiteboard for my SAXON meeting area.
My question is... teachers who are using Saxon... Could the meeting board be made for the smartboard and be interactive so that it does not take up so much space? Does that go against the whole SAXON philosophy? I just think if we have this technology available, the students could do the whole meeting process on the smartboard. I have searched thinking that someone might have had the same idea and made a Saxon Meeting Board into a notebook file. No such luck {sob}. If anyone has ideas, I would LOVE to hear them. Thanks ~ in advance!
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