Classroom Set Up

This year has started off with a BANG! The third grade team at my school decided to go self-contained, meaning we now teach all of the subject areas. This is a big learning curve for us because we have always been departmentalized. I taught 2 sections of Reading/Language Arts and Social Studies before, but I am loving teaching Math and Science! I planned to start a teacher blog this year, but I'm just now getting around to it due to the craziness of the beginning of the year. So without further ado, here are some pictures of my classroom this year (and a couple of FREEBIES)! These pictures were taken before the school year began, so the bulletin boards were blank.

So many of my ideas came from Pinterest!


You can click here to download the FREE voice level numbers and explanations for my megaphone-shaped voice level poster. This has been a LIFESAVER for my classroom management.

You can click here to download the FREE Behavior Tic-Tac-Toe game. The teacher sets a reward (5 extra minutes of recess, early to lunch, shoes off, etc. Then when the kids are doing great they get to play an x. If they are not following directions, the teacher plays an o. If the class wins they get the reward and if they teacher wins...well, they don't!

Additionally, here are links to my

• Owl behavior clip chart
• parts of speech posters (which can also be used as a slide show)
• Multiples Songs (these are FANTASTIC to teach early and then sing all year. By the time multiplication comes around, they are off to a great start!)