Recently I wrote about arranging the space of my very first classroom and how the dream of this compared to the reality. You can read more about this and also check out my ideal classroom layout at my recent post: Do You Have An Ideal Classroom Layout? I received a comment from Michelle asking how [...]
Do You Have An Ideal Classroom Layout?
As I’ve been writing about my first year of teaching in the series: Tales From A First Year Teacher, I’ve been thinking quite a bit about all the things a first year teacher goes through, especially that preliminary organisation. I remember one of the parts that I was particularly looking forward to was arranging the [...]
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