Now I
have been enjoying reading this book so far.
It has gotten me thinking about the why of it all. Why am I choosing to teach the way I teach? What is most important to me? And am I sticking to what is most important
to me at all times when I am teaching?
This
chapter has been a great read, but one I wish I had read even a week or so
earlier. We started school on Tuesday,
so I read the chapter over Labor Day weekend when there was NOTHING I could do
about changing my room. And since I
received a NEW student on Thursday right before leaving for the weekend, I will
be spending my first day morning labeling EVERYTHING for her arrival!
There
was nothing earth shattering about this chapter, but instead Debbie Miller again
got me thinking about the why and the how of classroom setup.
Here are
some questions that she suggests you ask yourself…
- Do children and I need a meeting
area?
- Do children and I need areas for
small group work?
- Do children and I need a library
area?
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Her
answer to this one shocked me – but also got me thinking… She says NO, but because
the whole room should be filled with books, not only one section.
- What about the configuration of
kids’ desks or tables?
I’m not
sure that I would have made any crazy changes to my set-up if I had read this
chapter earlier, but I can be sure that I would have (if I didn’t already) clear
intentions for each material in my classroom.
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