Rearranging the Room

It's that time of year again........the time when all the sudden I decide that I don't like the way my classroom is set up and that I should change it all up!  For some reason, every January I change up my classroom arrangement.  I have read a couple of blogs about some other teachers rearranging their rooms which made me itch even more to move some things around. :)

Usually I go kind of crazy and completely move EVERYTHING around!!!  This time I decided to make a few small, but I think crucial changes to the arrangement of my room.

First of all, I decided to get rid of my teacher desk a couple weeks into the school year and I LOVE it!  As a result, I am using my guided reading and computer tables as my "desk".  I needed some place to store all my stuff.  {Side note:  After I got rid of my desk, I was telling a family member about it and the first thing he said was "Where are you going to put the stuff that you take away from the kids?" hahahaha}  This is what I have been using to store my "things".

It worked fine, but as you can see it is quite the mess.  Plus, I did not care for being able to see through the drawers.  I needed something "cute." :)

My son and I were at Walmart and walking by a clearance display and I saw this 3 drawer cart on clearance for $10 and it was PINK!  I snatched it up and put it in place of the ugly thing above.

I especially love that I moved my pot of pens to this.  Before it was on my computer table and there just wasn't enough room.  I made that pot by myself.  If you are interested in how I did it, you can read about it {here}.

As a result of having this new cute drawer cart, I was able to clean off my computer table.  This made me extremely happy!

I have two 2 drawer file cabinets next to my computer table on the left side.  You can see that I have trays on top.  I have 6 six trays: one for each day of the week and then one for all the extra papers I need like daily behavior notes, referrals, etc.

 Last year in January, I moved my calendar area to the front of the room and I love it.  I have decided that I need to incorporate more technology into my classroom specifically more use of the smartboard.  I moved my carpet from the corner of the room to right smack dab in front of the smart board.  I am loving this.  I plan on doing the calendar on the smartboard from now on! :)

I had to move the tables a bit, but I really like how it turned out.  To see what my classroom looked like before click {here}.

I can't wait until tomorrow to see how this new arrangement works out with the students in the room.  I will let you know how it goes.

Anyone else out there get the itch to change your classroom arrangement in the middle of the year or is it just me????  ;)