Today's Setup: The Small Group Area The Small Group Area may be one of the easiest places to get setup. In my room this consists of a kidney shaped tables and chairs. Told you it was easy! Okay, okay…I know what you are thinking! It really isn’t that simple—well it sort of is—but I know you didn’t come here just to read get a table and chairs! Honestly, yes the majority of my small group teaching is done at the kidney table. Last year, I didn’t get the kidney table until the end of the year…

When I think of what I want my classroom to be for my students, a few different words come to mind: literacy focused welcoming inclusive of all cultures, ethnicities, (dis)ABILITIES, and differences motivating bright I decorated and yes…even designed my classroom layout this year with these five goals. I am pretty excited to share with …

Have you ever had to teach in a super small classroom? In my first year of teaching, that was exactly what happened. My very first classroom actually used to be a storage closet for PE equipment (not even joking) and was eventually expanded a bit so that it could be converted into a classroom. I only had six students that year (not joking about that either), so we had no trouble fitting in the space, and I also didn't have that much stuff because it was only my first year of teaching. Fast…

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I have a small room (hence the name Little Room Under the Stairs) so organization is very important. 1. Choose a few colors to decorate the room. Small rooms are not a place to go hog wild. A little goes a long way! My cabinets are blue and my walls are a yellowish cream color. I use blue, yellow, and green for my color scheme. 2. Downsize as much as possible. When I moved into my new room, I had 11 boxes of trade books that I had purchased while teaching elementary resource. That took up a…

Looking for tips on resource room set-up? Read more to learn what I have planned for creating a comfortable learning space for my students.

Small group organization that actually works and keeps your materials at your fingertips. Perfect for guided reading & intervention teachers!

The choices special education teachers and therapists make in classroom decor significantly impacts classroom and behavior management. Click to read what you should and shouldn't do as well as some areas to pause and think about first.

Tour my Orton-Gillingham based classroom and small group reading area. Sneak peek into my small group lessons and classroom organization.