We ended our week of training in Humble ISD with the training that everyone wants at this time of year… how to set up your classroom space to maximize instruction! It’s the popular Spaces & Places training we do, based upon my book of the same title.
Teachers worked together mapping their classroom spaces on paper and were inspired to clean up their closets and get organized as the school year begins.
You might want to check out the Spaces and Places blog that Stenhouse Publishers has set up at www.flickr.com. Just look for the Spaces and Places group. You can post your own pics of your classroom, or check out what others are doing as they set up their classrooms. It’s a great site, and it’s free!
Teachers share what they’re thinking about as they prepare to set up their classrooms for the new school year
Teachers work with colleagues, mapping out their spaces on paper first
One teachers’s notes on where she'll put the whole group area
Teachers share ideas during the workshop
Here is another group of teachers sharing their thoughts
Debbie Diller 
Did I tell you about the refrigerator door I scored? My in-laws got a new refrigerator so I took just the front, spray painted it black, (it was harvest gold, blah) and had my janitor mount it on a wall so the kids can use it for word work. It looks so cool in my room! Sorry if I told this to you already. I am just so excited! That and I turn 40 in a couple of weeks so my brain is turning to mush!
Hi Kathy,
Wow! What a cool idea! Would you send or post a picture of it? I’d love to share it with others on the blog. Just email a pic to d.diller@live.com, or post it here.
Thanks so much, and happy early birthday! (Mine was yesterday.)
Debbie
I will do that soon. I will have my son do it. He is so much better w/ technology.