I’m departmentalized 4th grade science (3-4 classes depending on the year) and the best way I’ve figured out to do anchor charts is make mini ones with each class and then combine their ideas on one big 4th grade chart to display. I use printer paper to make a mini one with each class and put it under my document camera. Then I take all/most of their ideas and make a big one to display. I let them know that they may not see their exact answer on the big one but I keep all the mini ones in the folder I use for their class. They really like seeing their thoughts with the other 4th graders not in their class.
Something I was told in college for anchor charts would be to go ahead and make it with the “bones”, laminate it, and then you can use dry erase markers to fill it out with both classes and erase in between! Then you could just hang the completed one from your last class!
I teach all subjects for 4th grade in NC. I have found that students LOVE to make “mini” anchor charts with me. I give them all a piece of white printer paper and I project my paper in the my smart board and we make a mini anchor chart together. They keep and use them as their notes. Then I make a big one to display on my wall! They love to suggest what to add and you can differentiate by giving some that are already filled in.
Hi Bailey, I love watching your vlogs and your enthusiasm in preparing for the new school year. I am a teacher in Australia and find it so amazing that you only teach certain curriculum areas now in your new position. I guess this allows teachers to specialize in certain areas. Here I teach all curriculum areas except music and Japanese. I am really enjoying watching your classroom set up series, our school year runs from February to December. I can’t wait to see how the new year goes for you in your new position.
For anchor charts and multiple classes I usually "make" it w each group on a whiteboard using expos but create the paper wall version myself. That way each group gets the experience of making it and I get to make sure it looks reasonable.
I am surprised you didn't mention perimeter and area as a use for those tiles! I don't know if they told you what to say but even though it is sponsored and I no longer am teaching, those tiles could definitely be used for endless things! My mind is turning thinking of all the different ways they could be used, and it definitely would be a super simple way to increase student engagement.
Love that you’re planning to leave more wall space for your room to “breathe” this year! I find that when every inch of wall is covered with something, there’s no place for your eyes to land and you end up not really “seeing” anything. It all just becomes background.
Our grade level teaches in a pod where all the classrooms are openish to each other. We have a circular pod with a workroom in the middle, and we have to walk through each other’s rooms to get to the restroom and hallway. It takes some getting used to, and talking/noises can be distracting at times but we love the togetherness we have!
I’m departmentalized and we do a mini anchor chart in their reading notebook with the first class then I make a big version on poster paper with the 2nd while they are copying in their notebooks. I also display my notebook on the projector for them and uncover each part with a piece of paper.
Yes girl honestly love when I get something useful out of teacher trainings. But ya open wall space does NOT mean you aren’t prepared or a good teacher or whatever. Honestly I teach littles so I find having lots of open wall space at the beginning of the year is nice for them. Less overwhelming! Literally have boards papered and titled and nothing else on them. We add to them as we learn!! Having posters up of stuff they haven’t learned yet might be stressful ? Idk. 💗💗💗💗😍
I don’t have a lot of space in my room so I can’t put up both anchor charts if I make them I put up the one that I think looks better 😂 I love the wallpaper behind the bookshelves, it looks great!!
I cross grouped for many years and one useful thing I did for organization, was to give each group a color. For example, my a.m. class was named the "Red Team" and my p.m. group was the "Blue Team". So, I was able to organize their things. Their name tags were on their desks, one written in red on the left side of the desk and one written in blue on the right side of the desk. I also had a red and blue basket for submitting work, etc. Additionally, I had supply a bin for each table, one red, one blue, that I would store on a shelf and each table had a table captain each day. They would be responsible for getting the bin for their table and putting it back when finished.( it might store their interactive journals, etc.) For anchor charts that they helped create, I would use red and blue marker for writing the info on the white board, and thenI would combine on the chart to post it. I also tried using stick it note ( pink/ blue) to put on the chart.Your room. looks great. Have a wonderful new school year.
For the anchor charts, I would make one with the first class then take it down or cover it for the next class. When the next class comes in, hear what they have to add then show the anchor chart and add anything that was not added before.
I’ve wanted to put my diplomas up in my classroom for years but I’ve never had enough room for them (there are 3-and they are not all the same size). I finally decided this summer to take them to my local copy shop and have them all colored copies and shrunk to a 5x7 size. Now I have all 3 of them on a shelf and they don’t take up a ton of room and they are all the same size (and the originals are safely filed away).
This is such a lovely classroom. One question though, maybe it is just the camera, but can the students still read the reading and grammar signs even when sitting in the last row?
Oh and for the anchor charts, I would either take both of their ideas and combine them onto one poster after orrrr just make it a priority to make space for both ! Different classes will come up with different solutions to problems or silly vocab that helps them learn a concept. A word to one class might mean something totally different to the next if that makes sense?
I would have a helper of the day in each group rather than all of those jobs. The helper would do all the special things that day. My class loved it! Also, to get markers off dry erase boards use a dry erase marker over it and it will come off when you wipe it off.
I'm not starting with any bulletin boards made. I wouldn't even put reading strategies up until you teach it, because they won't reference it until then. Basically, kids don't look at a single thing unless you constantly reference it.
I’m not excited for classroom setup this year :/ i’m a 6th year reading specialist and I’m probably going to be in the hallway unfortunately :( I heard they were giving my tiny room the size of a closet to the gym teachers to store stuff so that puts me and all my things in the hall. Kids steal at my school so much so that I caught a student IN MY PURSE STEALING last year and the student attacked me when I tried to get my freaking wallet back so being in the hall is giving me severe anxiety:/
Hello from a Luxembourgish senior highschool student, I do have a quick question: Why do you decorate your rooms in america ? it is not something commonly done here and i am very curious about the reasoning behind it. We always had basic brown/beige desks,chairs and the cabinets and stuff were often even screw into the walls. We only ever put up images around holidays and it was the drawings done by students. Now in highschool there is nothing on the walls really, sometimes a map or some poster a kid made for a presentation that the teacher thought was pretty. I would find so colourful classrooms very distracting, so i am unsure and curious as to why they are costumary
It’s just personal preference!! Certain bulletin boards are required by my school like reading posters and our word wall, some of them I just loving having for my students!
Also, are they making you keep that wall blue???? My principal allowed us to paint our rooms, but I know most aren't allowed to paint their rooms. That blue just does not seem like your vibe at all! What a bummer haha!
Why dont you use the same posters but make them blank with the title and work together with ur students to make a class definition for the parts of speech posters
I’m departmentalized 4th grade science (3-4 classes depending on the year) and the best way I’ve figured out to do anchor charts is make mini ones with each class and then combine their ideas on one big 4th grade chart to display. I use printer paper to make a mini one with each class and put it under my document camera. Then I take all/most of their ideas and make a big one to display. I let them know that they may not see their exact answer on the big one but I keep all the mini ones in the folder I use for their class. They really like seeing their thoughts with the other 4th graders not in their class.
That is such a good idea! going to steal this
I love this! Stealing as well! I'm new to 4th grade this year!
Something I was told in college for anchor charts would be to go ahead and make it with the “bones”, laminate it, and then you can use dry erase markers to fill it out with both classes and erase in between! Then you could just hang the completed one from your last class!
That's a really smart idea! I love that!
I teach all subjects for 4th grade in NC. I have found that students LOVE to make “mini” anchor charts with me. I give them all a piece of white printer paper and I project my paper in the my smart board and we make a mini anchor chart together. They keep and use them as their notes. Then I make a big one to display on my wall! They love to suggest what to add and you can differentiate by giving some that are already filled in.
Hi Bailey, I love watching your vlogs and your enthusiasm in preparing for the new school year. I am a teacher in Australia and find it so amazing that you only teach certain curriculum areas now in your new position. I guess this allows teachers to specialize in certain areas. Here I teach all curriculum areas except music and Japanese. I am really enjoying watching your classroom set up series, our school year runs from February to December. I can’t wait to see how the new year goes for you in your new position.
I visited the Blue Mountains in 2011! Your country is beautiful! Hello from Texas! :)
The blue wall is making all of your decor pop very nicely ❤️ The room is looking GREAT!
I agree!
Maybe as you learn each cursive letter you cover up or replace the print letter with the cursive one?
For anchor charts and multiple classes I usually "make" it w each group on a whiteboard using expos but create the paper wall version myself. That way each group gets the experience of making it and I get to make sure it looks reasonable.
Thank you for your great ideas of magnetic tiles! Hope your students enjoy it and learn through playing!
I am surprised you didn't mention perimeter and area as a use for those tiles! I don't know if they told you what to say but even though it is sponsored and I no longer am teaching, those tiles could definitely be used for endless things! My mind is turning thinking of all the different ways they could be used, and it definitely would be a super simple way to increase student engagement.
Everything you did made a HUGE difference! So excited to be in third grade with you now!!
Also I have to know, where are those jeans from?? 🤩
Love that you’re planning to leave more wall space for your room to “breathe” this year! I find that when every inch of wall is covered with something, there’s no place for your eyes to land and you end up not really “seeing” anything. It all just becomes background.
Agreed! I have always struggled with that...not too much and not too little
Our grade level teaches in a pod where all the classrooms are openish to each other. We have a circular pod with a workroom in the middle, and we have to walk through each other’s rooms to get to the restroom and hallway. It takes some getting used to, and talking/noises can be distracting at times but we love the togetherness we have!
Hi baily , I was looking for magnetics and now I just ordered the magnetics you told . I am so excited .
I’ve never thought of using the magnetic tiles that way! I’m definitely going to incorporate those into small groups this year!
Same here! :)
I’m departmentalized and we do a mini anchor chart in their reading notebook with the first class then I make a big version on poster paper with the 2nd while they are copying in their notebooks. I also display my notebook on the projector for them and uncover each part with a piece of paper.
Hi Bailey! I love your videos. You always give me ideas ☺. By the way I love your dress❤ where did you got it??
Please show how the spray works!!! ☺️
Oh and maybe a link to that macrame file organizer thing that’s on your desk?? So cute 🥰
The file organizer was from Tj maxx!
Yes girl honestly love when I get something useful out of teacher trainings. But ya open wall space does NOT mean you aren’t prepared or a good teacher or whatever. Honestly I teach littles so I find having lots of open wall space at the beginning of the year is nice for them. Less overwhelming! Literally have boards papered and titled and nothing else on them. We add to them as we learn!! Having posters up of stuff they haven’t learned yet might be stressful ? Idk. 💗💗💗💗😍
Good morning Bailey happy Friday morning and I loved your vlogs and you are amazing Supporter and I'm proud of you
I don’t have a lot of space in my room so I can’t put up both anchor charts if I make them I put up the one that I think looks better 😂 I love the wallpaper behind the bookshelves, it looks great!!
Honest answer. I put up which ever one is the better one to me. Also sometimes I am lazy and do one anchor chart and have both classes answers on it.
For my cursive alphabet, I have a 3x2 poster instead of the long horizontal alphabet. It works great!
Where did you get the border for the huge wallpaper bulletin board? I love it!
I love watching your videos Bailey you make me happy 😊
I have a similar room set up and you can barely hear the other side! So fun that you have a partner teacher and you are departmentalized!!
Where did you get your shirt? 😍
I cross grouped for many years and one useful thing I did for organization, was to give each group a color. For example, my a.m. class was named the "Red Team" and my p.m. group was the "Blue Team". So, I was able to organize their things. Their name tags were on their desks, one written in red on the left side of the desk and one written in blue on the right side of the desk. I also had a red and blue basket for submitting work, etc. Additionally, I had supply a bin for each table, one red, one blue, that I would store on a shelf and each table had a table captain each day. They would be responsible for getting the bin for their table and putting it back when finished.( it might store their interactive journals, etc.) For anchor charts that they helped create, I would use red and blue marker for writing the info on the white board, and thenI would combine on the chart to post it. I also tried using stick it note ( pink/ blue) to put on the chart.Your room. looks great. Have a wonderful new school year.
For the anchor charts, I would make one with the first class then take it down or cover it for the next class. When the next class comes in, hear what they have to add then show the anchor chart and add anything that was not added before.
What do you use the bark of the day for???
What is your “bark of the day”? Looks so cute.
I picked one of our weekly vocab words each day and if a student uses it correctly in a sentence they get a dojo point!
I’ve wanted to put my diplomas up in my classroom for years but I’ve never had enough room for them (there are 3-and they are not all the same size). I finally decided this summer to take them to my local copy shop and have them all colored copies and shrunk to a 5x7 size. Now I have all 3 of them on a shelf and they don’t take up a ton of room and they are all the same size (and the originals are safely filed away).
Hi! In the beginning clip, what do you use the pull out drawers for?
Where did you get your growth mindset posters from?
Yayay I have been waiting for this upload I’m so excited 😆
This is such a lovely classroom. One question though, maybe it is just the camera, but can the students still read the reading and grammar signs even when sitting in the last row?
I also had a hard time deciding whether to do cursive or print for the alphabet line.
Trace over the marker that won't come off of the board with expo marker and then wipe it off and it should come off ❤️
Love your classroom theme! Think I’m going to steal most of them lol ❤️
Isn't it cute?!
It's looking great!
How do you feel about the new benchmark curriculum for florida?
Oh and for the anchor charts, I would either take both of their ideas and combine them onto one poster after orrrr just make it a priority to make space for both ! Different classes will come up with different solutions to problems or silly vocab that helps them learn a concept. A word to one class might mean something totally different to the next if that makes sense?
I would have a helper of the day in each group rather than all of those jobs. The helper would do all the special things that day. My class loved it! Also, to get markers off dry erase boards use a dry erase marker over it and it will come off when you wipe it off.
Hi Bailey! I love your videos but one quick question, What subjects do you teach?
I think the wallpaper looks great
This year will be my first year of teaching 😇💐🌈
If you color over the marks on your white board with expo markers it should erase easily.
You should pud the cursive letters Above the cabinets
I'm not starting with any bulletin boards made. I wouldn't even put reading strategies up until you teach it, because they won't reference it until then. Basically, kids don't look at a single thing unless you constantly reference it.
If you only have 2 different classes ypu might try switching carts that your classes make every semester
I’m not excited for classroom setup this year :/ i’m a 6th year reading specialist and I’m probably going to be in the hallway unfortunately :( I heard they were giving my tiny room the size of a closet to the gym teachers to store stuff so that puts me and all my things in the hall. Kids steal at my school so much so that I caught a student IN MY PURSE STEALING last year and the student attacked me when I tried to get my freaking wallet back so being in the hall is giving me severe anxiety:/
You got so much done!
I really hope u get get ur own
Hello from a Luxembourgish senior highschool student, I do have a quick question: Why do you decorate your rooms in america ? it is not something commonly done here and i am very curious about the reasoning behind it. We always had basic brown/beige desks,chairs and the cabinets and stuff were often even screw into the walls. We only ever put up images around holidays and it was the drawings done by students. Now in highschool there is nothing on the walls really, sometimes a map or some poster a kid made for a presentation that the teacher thought was pretty. I would find so colourful classrooms very distracting, so i am unsure and curious as to why they are costumary
It’s just personal preference!! Certain bulletin boards are required by my school like reading posters and our word wall, some of them I just loving having for my students!
Are you doing other classroom video
Swag (with the twine and clothes pin string you found) the we are family from the ceiling in front of your windows :)
Ur so so creative
amazing video i enjoy cool pretty stunning queen
Also, are they making you keep that wall blue???? My principal allowed us to paint our rooms, but I know most aren't allowed to paint their rooms. That blue just does not seem like your vibe at all! What a bummer haha!
We can’t paint 😭
You can put the cursive letters under the whiteboard
Claw clip hairstyle 💇♂ tutorial as shown on 15:21?
Wish you the best 💪
Hi, from Puerto Rico!
What about the word wall explanation😭
Yes! Not majoring on the minors is super important when setting up a classroom.
Like you new video today and you look really beautiful
Why dont you use the same posters but make them blank with the title and work together with ur students to make a class definition for the parts of speech posters
Hi Bailey 🤍 how exactly did you make the larger Bitmoji cutouts? I love the idea, but not technologically advanced to figure that out 😂 thank you 🤍
I think I added the bitmoji extension into google chrome and then put them into a word doc and printed!
@@itsbaileystokes thank you so much! I will have to try this! 🤍
Are you doing other classroom video