It is official, we are now a flexible seating classroom! It was so exciting to rearrange furniture and purge many extra chairs and tables to create this new space for learning. Students seemed equally as refreshed and ready to learn in our new environment!
In our flexible seating classroom, students are responsible for finding a spot that will help them to learn and produce their best work. This may mean laying on a yoga mat, sitting on a beanbag, using a traditional table, sitting on the floor at a lower table...it doesn't matter, as long as we are learning! The students know that in accepting this responsibility, they also are agreeing to follow all of our rules that go along with it. This includes the rule that, "Mrs.Gitler may move anyone and anytime, no questions asked." They were great with this rule and have been showing responsibility in their choices so as to avoid being moved at all! We have also taken on more of a community feel with this switch in our classroom. We now are only using community materials and are accepting responsibility for each and every item within the classroom. This means, picking up a pencil if it is seen on the floor, returning markers to their sorted color spot, being sure not to pick apart our pink erasers, and more. Though we have just begun, they really are doing great with this new idea! One final change that comes along with our new seating is an additional meeting spot. We have now added "the pitcher's mound" to our vocabulary. This spot is located in the center of the room and allows students to see the screen and board. We will use this area often when we are working on new math concepts or doing any sort of note taking. We will still use our dugout to come together for reading lessons, writing lessons, and to meet as a community. Thank you again for all of your donations to make this possible! I can't wait to start our week with this new set up and allow the students to explore further the way that they learn and work best!
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