New Classroom Set Up Day 1 & 2 (Middle School Math Teacher)

this is the part of classroom setup that nobody tells you about [Music] i got a new classroom which is rad and all but that means i have to decide where everything is going to go i also have to take down like posters and sticky things off the whiteboard that is what i'm going to do today i'm going to decorate maybe next week maybe in a month we're going to go now because i'm burning up decided to wear a long sleeve for some unknown reason and i'm hot let's go see my classroom here she is so i think i'm gonna start with taking all the things off the bulletin boards and the white boards and then i'll start moving furniture so let's do it that was annoying i hate the color hot pink and this hot pink tape is just every time you rip at it it just tears apart it's really peeving me to be honest they're just all these like see like why is that there and now it's gonna leave a sticky residue and then i'm gonna have to goo gone it all off but now i'm gonna clean this one right here [Music] i know i'm being dramatic but i hate this i hate doing this all right i'm gonna do this one i just finished taking the stickies off this board right here i still have some leftover residue on the board so i'm gonna get some goo gone and some expo marker spray so we can get the boards nice and clean so we have a fresh base to work with right now i'm gonna go ahead and grab some lunch so i have some energy so that when i get back i can move all the furniture that's one of the most exciting things because i feel like the layout of the classroom really does make a difference in how the room feels you know can i get the chicken shawarma did i say that very wrong that's what we do oh perfect can i get the iced latte with vanilla let's do a large put it in the coffee oh well here's the question do you like it when i slurp like this or does it need a sound effect like this let me know no big deal have a good day thanks we got the food i'm in a better mood already i feel like i will now be able to conquer this classroom set up see you back at school back in class i'm so excited to eat this i've never had it before oh wow all right here goes nothing it's good let's chit chat about seating options i go back and forth like constantly like all the time feeling like i want my students to be in groups versus like individual as soon as everything is in its general area that's when i'll really start to like be able to like come up with creative ways to decorate and make it feel like more homey i always was jealous that teachers had the rolling chairs and now i get to have one so cheers i'll kind of work with it but this is the general idea these are pairs of two because a lot of times i'll ask questions and i'll be like all right talk to your partner about what you think the word initial means or whatever and so they'll talk to their partner so i need them in pairs i just want there to be kind of like windows so that everyone can see all right so i don't mind how this is set up three rows and they're all arc to shape the front but then i thought what about tests you know like these front rows they can't separate their dust out enough so i'm gonna reorganize it so it's just in standard rows i think that'll be easier and everyone can see and i'll have them move their chairs around whenever we're working in groups [Music] all right so i'm sitting on this final chair here there are three rows of ten i think i like it on test days i'll have them spread out and i think that'll be easy and they all have a partner right next to them it's kind of hard to really plan for these things because who knows if i'm going to have class sizes of 28 when the fall starts so it'll be interesting to see what happens but now i have to figure out what to do with my desk over here this and do i like those storage things over there so i have a little bit of a wild idea my computer has to go in this little outlet right here i don't really want my desk facing this way and you know how people say it's good for you to like stand up and type so i'm thinking about putting my computer on here my desk will be kind of like my grading area i'm gonna give it a shot [Music] all right so there's still a lot i have to do for the room so i think i'm just gonna come back tomorrow just because i ended up doing some work on my computer and just deciding all these things took longer than i thought and cleaning and stuff so i think i'm just gonna come back tomorrow and work a little bit more so i'll see you tomorrow it's not tomorrow it's a couple days later because i ended up having to do work for my masters and i'm here for a second day in my new classroom last time i was here i was really just trying to tear down stuff that had been in the previous classroom and set up the chairs and the general layout of the classroom today i'm just going to kind of continue organizing and getting things ready so that i can decorate next time i come here it's so different walking into my classroom this time it actually looks like it's becoming a classroom which is really exciting so first i'm going to go through and check and see if i got any emails since last time i was here this might take several minutes so i'm gonna go ahead and clean off the whiteboard up here i'm gonna have to use goo gone to get a few of these spots out but right now there's just kind of like tape along the side here whenever you like clean the white board they're like these little bits of black dust that get on the railing too so i'm just gonna clean the railing this is the part of classroom setup that nobody tells you about this nitty gritty cleaning setting up moving things that's exhausting you know it's not all fun decorations and themes but once i get through this i won't have to do it for a long time so power through [Music] so i'm checking my email on my filing cabinet up here i think it's a bit high i feel like i'm typing like this i'm gonna have to move my desk so gonna do that now [Music] now i'm gonna finally check my email [Music] i'm not decorating yet but these boards right here used to have them hanging in my classroom i kind of want there to be just real plants and not really plant poster sort of things so i'm going to repaint these and put like math terms and math poster things i'm going to paint these white so this is our wedding day sign so instead of pinning that side i'm going to paint the other side that i use for my little intro and then i have this one i'm going to paint as well so i'll have a total of five mast sign posters here [Music] so i just finished painting this board that board and that board i think they're gonna need a second coat and i'm gonna have to go back and get a little bit more paint i'll hopefully come back tonight and do a second coat and that way tomorrow they'll be ready to be drawn on for my filing cabinet i decided to put it over there near that outlet but facing my desk and then kind of decorate it so it looks more like a shelf or something like that i'm going to go ahead and move it right now guess what time it is lunch time and it's being delivered and the delivery guy is really cute hello everybody what do you think of the new setup i love this setup a lot better than the setup it was the other day it's very nice and clean and organized good good biggest caesar wrap broccoli salad cheesecake deliciousness show it show the cheesecake look at that was that whipped cream on top yup it fell off and is now being a sweet husband and filming some footage for me sweet husband it's not working is it well i'm letting it soak was that turpentine goo gone wow it works the goo is gone jonathan just took my thumbnail and now we're going to put the desks up i want them to all be the same color right now there are three different colors so i'm gonna see if i can get another teacher to trade with me do you think they'll trade with me yes [Music] so in this video i set up my classroom i put my storage containers here by the window and i really like it because it's not blocking or taking away from anything and it's not making the room seem smaller and the gray is my least favorite color of the walls because it makes it darker so it kind of covers up those a little bit i'll probably put a plant right here which i'm excited about i have a brand new board to decorate this is the station that the kids come in when they first come into the classroom there'll be a lot of stuff on this table not including this mini fridge i don't know whose mini fridge it is but it ended up in my classroom somehow i have the chairs exactly how i want them to be set up so i have three rows of 10. so i can have a total of 30 students my biggest class last year was 28 students but the upcoming class is a little bit bigger but who really knows what's going to be happening with all the changes coming up and then over here obviously i have a lot of stuff on top of it but this is where my elmo and i write on this every day while i like talk to them and teach and it goes right up here on the board i might scooch it over just a little bit my smart board and then here i have my desk i ultimately decided to put this storage bin right here because it'll be nice if i'm sitting at my desk and i have access to these drawers and to these drawers as well then i can also look at the faces of all the students i did decide to have my computer on my desk and that was too high and i stand all day it's not like i'm at the type of job where i'm sitting all day and standing would be nice it's like i'm going to be standing pretty much 90 to 95 of the day so it's kind of nice to sit down for a second at the end of the day and reply to emails and work on lesson plans and put in grades and all that i know this doesn't look very pretty now but i plan on putting plants around it and maybe putting like miss ps here or something like that i actually am really happy because i feel like i finally have a base of a classroom that now starts the dreaming and the creating where i get to make the class lively and exciting that will be my next video and it's gonna be a good one

Channel: Ms. Parker-Smith

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Id: nZqKW5bY39E

Length: 11min 0sec (660 seconds)

Published: Tue Aug 04 2020