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Classroom Setup and Organization: Everything You Need
Real teachers share inspiration and creative tips that will help turn your classroom into a unique learning space.
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An Easy Guide to Setting Up Your Grade K-5 Classroom
Grades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5
At last, a classroom of your own! Here's how to begin transforming that empty space into a warm and inviting place for your first class.
Articles
6 Classroom Design Tips
Grades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8
Expert teacher, Angela Bunyi, presents six easy recommendations for setting up your classroom.
Classroom Set Up and Organization
Grades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8, 9–12
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 Setting Up and Organizing Your Classroom, Part OneGrades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8 Strategies for organizing your classroom at the start of the school year. |
 Articles Setting Up a Theme for the School YearGrades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8 Setting a theme for the school year helps students feel comfortable and motivated to learn all year. |
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Articles Easy Ways to Get a Fresh Start With the New YearGrades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5 Changing the classroom materials in January can help refresh the class and get them started up for the new year. |
Articles 5 Tips for Setting Up Your ClassroomGrades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8 Suggestions for planning a successful classroom layout |
 Articles Strategy: Packing Up Your ClassroomGrades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8, 9–12 At the end of the school year, set yourself up for easy start to the next one. |
Articles Teaching Tip: Making Your Classroom Work for YouGrades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8 A middle school teacher takes us on a photo tour of her classroom to share suggestions for setting up a stimulating space. |
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Articles Teaching Tip: Five Simple Steps for Classroom OrganizationGrades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8 Five easy steps to help you organize class materials, class tools, and student work. |
Lesson Plans Setting Up a Class StoreGrades: 3–5 Tips and suggestions for organizing and stocking a class store. |
 Activities and Games, Articles Setting Up Your Science CenterGrades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5 Bthe outside in and develop higher-order thinking by developing a classroom science center. Includes some science study tools to use in your center. |
Articles Classroom Organizing TipsGrades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5 Teaching is often about moving kids toward independence. Here are some ways to set up your classroom -- from the entryway to the walls -- to... |
 Articles So Much to Do, So Little TimeGrades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8, 9–12 Only have a few days to set up your classroom? Use these ideas to help prioritize your tasks and organize your time. |
 Articles Back to School Checklist: Organizing for SuccessGrades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8, 9–12 These helpful checklists and suggestions from real teachers will spark ideas for starting the year right. |
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Articles Classroom Organization: The Physical EnvironmentGrades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8, 9–12 Achieve a warm, well-run classrooms with these tips on arranging desks and working spaces, making attractive and appealing bulletin boards, and... |
Articles Teaching ELL: Classroom Setup StrategiesGrades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8 Shows new teachers how to make their classrooms ELL friendly. By using these suggestions, first year teachers will be better able to keep ELL and... |
 Articles Guided Reading CenterGrades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5 Manage rotations during reading workshops. While students work quietly at literacy centers, meet with an group of students for guided reading. |
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 Articles Time Management Tip: Outsmart the ClutterGrades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8 Reduce classroom clutter to save valuable instructional time lost scrambling to find small items like math manipulatives, glue sticks, and extra... |
 Articles August New Teacher Survival GuideGrades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8 Immediate help and advice on setting up your classroom, finding resources, and gearing up for the first day of school. |
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Articles The New Teacher's Guide to Setting Up Learning CentersGrades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8 Step-by-step guidance on creating dynamic areas for independent learning |
Articles Five Low-Cost Ways to Decorate Your Middle-School ClassroomGrades: 6–8 Ideas for sprucing up your class space without breaking the bank. |
