The way a classroom is set up says so much about the learning going on in the classroom. A messy classroom sets off a vibe that the learning is all over the place while a tidy classroom shows a teacher is organized and is on top of his or her job. An organized classroom also shows students what they will be doing. Having an open space allows students to freely move around the classroom and not be confined to one area. Having books around the classroom and educational games show visitors what happens in the classroom and what is valued by the students.
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Manifestations of a Classroom, or the peregrinations of the most flexible teacher in the faculty
I realized that I wrote about my classroom without posting any pictures of the environment.
Thankfully, one of my favorite shows is Doctor Who and I dig incarnations and reincarnations.
This picture is of the "fourth classroom" (i.e., the Tom Baker regeneration).
Excuse the mess, this is pre-cleaning/during moving in.
So the previous two pictures were of my Spanish classroom in the upstairs of the Watermen's Museum building. This room was home to our very first classroom when WMMS first started. We had just six students! Two of them are finishing out their ninth year with us (well, ninth year at WMS-- third year with WMMS)... it is so crazy to see them grow.
The following two pictures are of the third "regeneration" (I cannot let the Doctor Who metaphor go, I'm so sorry.) of my classroom. This room is the main exhibit room in the museum before they renovated and revamped the entire place. Yes, there are stuffed fowl. Yes, there are boat motors. Where else in the world would Spanish be taught in such an environment? I can't even imagine!
So you may notice that there are several different seating groupings in this picture. This is done with the idea that post-lesson, students can break out of group and work on their own. Everyone has their own style. Some prefer to sit at the same seat at the table and can't focus when they're in the papasan. Others prefer to lounge in a bean bag. Usually I don't have to step in and change the seating arrangement, though there are times the students desperately need redirection for some reason or other.
See the little goldenrod bear on the antique chair? That's Alejandro. He is very handy when it comes to teaching prepositions, constructing dialogues or stories, and the kids just love him. The best part is that I got him when I was their age when I was on a school trip to NYC. He hails from Rockefeller Center.
This space also witnessed Intersession. Montessori middle and high schools move through four cycles (or five including orientation) that have (purposefully vague) themes and are broken up by intersessions. We only have one official intersession at WMMS, which occurs between cycles two and three, and it consists of courses that could be considered extracurricular. For instance, this past intersession I taught a knitting class and a linguistics class. We created a yarn bombing squad, knit squares for KAS (which we're still working on... it might be a two year project), and worked on personal projects. Some kids wanted to learn how to cable knit, others how to read a pattern, while others had a specific project for a specific person in mind. In linguistics, my students learned how languages are formed, this history of language, the devolution/evolution process, and created their own language-- conlang style! Students could also take part in an ASL class, sewing, a sort of Mythbusters class, and something science-y having to do with weather (GLOBE? I am not a science person, if you didn't already notice). Last year, I taught an Unsolved Mysteries course that was more PBL style and was really useful for teaching the kids researching skills, writing techniques, and tips for not plagiarizing and finding reliable sources. I should probably save all of this for another post. I can upload some of the documents here too. I think I shall do that... someday.
Posts that are coming up: Being friends with students, Cycle Projects, Seminar, Solo Time, Creating Montessori Materials for the Foreign Language Classroom.
