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setting up room
By phyllis

HI
I agree with the post that says post a schedule. I have several students who rely on that schedule and check it each morning without fail.

Here's one item I post in my room and couldn't live without...I call it my
dictionary. You'll have to make it...I've never seen it commercially but it's great trust me. Take tag board and cut it into 6" by 36" strips - on the top of each one put a letter of the alphabet...so you'll be making 26 strips...and putting a, b, c on each one. Get them laminated...these are now your dictionaries. Punch a hole in the top of each sheet. Buy sticky backed hooks to

put on your wall and hang up your dictionary. When a child in your class doesn't know how to spell a word have him/her get the dictionary page that word would be found on. for example the child wanted to write the sword school you'd have them get the s page and you write the word on the page with a vis-a-vis pen. I usually ask the child to help me spell the word. By the end of they year your dictionary will be pretty full and the kids have began to learn to search and recognize unknown words before they ask for help. The kids love them too because they take pride in being able to find and spell a word by themselves.

I also post the printed and cursive alphabet on the wall. I ususally have a money chart, a hundreds chart,a number line including negative numbers, wall maps, which include a world map, a continent map, a U.S. map, north American map and a map of our state. I have 2 U.S maps...one simple one more sophisticated. I also have a contractions wall, contractions and the two words they stand for. I have the vowels posted in the reading corner and I have gold stars on the vowels on the alphabet strips too.

On my door I have Michigan State University stuff because I am a Spartan and the kids like that spirit stuff. I also have a Spartan flag.

I have a job wall with helping hands and the job for the week. A calandar board with days of the week and months of the year.

I keep my walls pretty full but it's all stuff I use with the kids...You'll be surprised at what your room looks like at the end of the year.

A special ed teacher I know has a bulletin board just for students stories. She calls it the writing wall and kids post their own stories and pictures on it.

You'll do fine....have fun with the decorating and let it reflect your personality.