Desk arrangements

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I figured out a way for my mom to go from student to student in her classroom by the way I arranged the desks!

When it came to desk arrangements in my room, I was constantly at two different ends of the spectrum. I either loved an arrangement and used it all year, or I kept trying to switch it up and was never satisfied. So many factors go into a seemingly simple part of your classroom. That years group of kids (including their personalities, behaviors, and mannerisms), the amount of new material you need to store, how many kids you have, what other furniture is inside your room and more.

I've done a lot of experimenting with desk arrangements over the years. I've definitely found my favorite. Keep reading, I'll tell you about it. I've also discovered that it's smart to pick a few

Education looks very different today then it did 100, 50 and even 10 years ago. The days of quiet classrooms, full of students in tidy rows, sitting at attention while the teacher lectured at the blackboard have been replaced with more collaborative styles involving a multitude of teaching methods. If you walk into a classroom today, you’ll likely see desks and tables in all sorts of arrangements. Children might be gathered into small groups, sitting at various stations around the classroom…

A favorite desk arrangement, no one's back is to the board, there are easy paths for movement, and kids who need reduced distractions can sit in the front.

After having a long holiday, some students may be a little bit lazy to go back to school. They prefer to enjoy themselves at home and play with their friends. To turn back their mood toward studying and learning at school, it needs more effort since they usually enjoy their free time. One thing that we can do as a teacher designs the classroom by applying a new concept or decoration. So that it can steal the students’ attention and surely boost their mood contact teachers looking for NYC…

19 Classroom seating arrangements fit for your teaching

I LOVE the U, and I am not talking about the Miami Hurricanes. If you’re like me, then you think the idea of putting your students in groups is cute but in reality a nightmare and you only do…

Many of my teacher friends have been discussing their plans for the new school year so that coupled with seeing many of the teacher bloggers I follow on IG gearing up as well with some amazing new ideas, I can't help but think what new ideas or tweaks on old…