New school means new classroom

I know we are already into the second quarter but I wanted to share some pics of my new classroom.

Toward the end of last school yeah I was notified, along with two other coworkers, that I would be displaced from my highschool to a middle school. I took the opportunity to seek employment in a better district and after 3 interviews I landed a job in my dream district...the one that made me who I am. I do not work at the high school I graduated from but the one that opened a few years after. I'm proud to be a Blackhawk!



The metal nameplaque my dad made found a new place on my windowsill next to the door.
                                           




This is a picture from the back of the room. I looooooooove all the built in storage and that the projector is hung from the ceiling.

This picture is from the front of my classroom. I made a cute pennant banner out of scrapbook paper

 and one bulletin board for student work and another for rules, bell schedule and school news/flyers. The CLASS posters are what our school expects from our students: Character, Leadership, Attitude, Scholarship and Service.  

This is on the wall across from my door where I post the date, standards, goals and agendas daily for my two types of classes. 

I am still using calendars for students to see what they missed when they were absent. My supplies bookshelf had to be moved when our laptop carts were delivered so this wasn't the original layout. 

The teacher that had my classroom before me did a flipped classroom so she had these four desktops. Now that we have laptop carts in our rooms these will me taken out. I found a new place for my BYU math posters. 

This is the wall where my supplies bookshelf originally was. The whiteboard is there for students to write their names when they borrow a pencil. Unfortunately my freshman think that it's there to doodle and tag their name so I had to take the markers down. Still thinking of a way to keep my pencils from disappearing. And there is my awesome laptop cart! Every math and English teacher received a class set of laptops which is great, but they take forever to all get connected and my students have no patience whatsoever. 

                                     




Lastly here is a view of my desk area. I still don't have any personal decorations really; I need to get some pictures up. I love having that back counter as well as my own fridge and microwave!

 

Hope you enjoyed my new classroom tour. It should get better over the years!

Geometry kaleidoscope

I haven't taught geometry in a couple of years but now that we have switched to the intgrated pathway I've been reflecting on the things we have to teach  from geometry in Integrated Math 1. Next semester there is a unit including translations, rotations and reflections. We did this fun activity in geometry where we reflected our name or a design across a  line over and over to make a kaleidoscope looking piece of artwork that students then got to decorate. It was fun and I'm hoping to use the activity again this year.

Here's a picture.