Our theme for this term is 'Who We Are' where we'll talk about ancient civilizations and properties of materials. I plan to put two hands on the door and when the kids arrive they will fill them up with their country's flag, what they like to eat(food from their culture) etc. 

Maths display area and motivational posters- just can't have enough of them.

I want them to be positive. 

Birthday Displays - Rainbows made by the students, when they met us during transition:)

Connecting without technology.

Chrome= Information

Instagram= Students' work

Pinterest= Sharing board/Wonder wall

Twitter= Exit Slip

Kindle+ I-pad+ Put your face in a book = Reading Corner

Reference wall for writing tasks, more like a writing center, next to the word wall.

Thinker Keys

Teacher Board:)

Setting up my new classroom

New school year, sleepless nights, a mind full of thoughts and ideas and an excited teacher. Excitement, not just limited to setting up the classroom, but to plan lessons, and to make sure that the journey is worthwhile.

So here's how I plan to go about it, after reading a few inspirational books like 'Teach like your hair is on fire'

Displays: The theme for my new class is inspired by my own experience of spending too much time on technology, and is called 'Connecting without technology'. The classroom will have different apps 

• Instagram for displaying students' work- the good work instantly goes up
• Pinterest for students to pin, anything that they like or find interesting - a newspaper article, a poem, a picture
• Twitter will be used as an exit slip where students will be asked to summarize their learning
• Kindle for the reading corner 
• Google for the teacher to post information related to the topics being studied in class
• Oxword- This will be used as the word wall, a place to post the new vocabulary, also a place to find interesting words while writing
• Facebook - This is going to be the teacher's board - 'Ms. Vrinda's Facebook wall' which will feature reminders, students' birthdays, thought for the day in the form of a status and word of the day

I plan to use the small canvas boards to paint the app symbols. Pictures coming soon:)