With the majority of my students being new to the district this year, let alone my classroom, I felt it was even more important this year to take the time to get to know my students and allow each of them to learn about one another. I also have a separate classroom across the hall from my actual classroom designed to allow students to take a break from their day when it becomes overwhelming, cool down from a stressful situation, or decompress after returning from the mainstream classroom. This room looked, to me, a bit like a dungeon last year- white cinder block walls with a rocking chair, computer, and small table in it. There was nothing on the walls and there were limited supplies to for the students to utilize.
I turned to
Pinterest to gain new ideas on how to learn about my new students, gain a level of comfort with them by easing my students into the school year, and (of course) sprucing up the room.
Personality swirls - artistic representation of student interests
Puzzle pieces - great way for students to share information about themselves visually
Facebook page - not as visually appealing, but offers lots of information about new students
These projects have been a good start, but we definitely have room for suggestions to keep the creativity and the ownership of the cool down room going. Any suggestions are welcome :)
The cool down room before.... still working on putting up the artwork for an "after" picture.
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