It's not your eyes; you are seeing red!

Welcome to my school! People have been perplexed whenever I have told them that my classroom does not have a door. I promise I'm not lying. So let me explain. The picture on the left shows the hallway which contains the math and English classrooms. My classroom is the first on the left. The school was built in the 70's and has partition walls which can be moved around on the ceiling tracks. Somewhere along the line, someone decided that no teacher in their right mind would want a door.

As you are standing in my doorway, you would see the picture on the right. I have a smart board on the left and a whiteboard on the right. The door in between leads out to the soccer field. In the front left corner, I have a little nook for my desk. 

This next picture shows the view from my desk. You can see my "doorway" in the back wall, three whiteboards to display the assignments, a Dr. Seuss poster, and my CHAMPS poster. My classroom is all decorated and ready to go!

Pictures of my classroom decor!

Posters that I made which are inspired from pinterest. Here and here.

Classroom rules inspired from Math=Love blog

Our school-wide classroom management plan is CHAMPS. It will help students know what Conversation should sound like, how they can receive Help, what Activity should look like, what Movement should be happening, how they show their Participation, to be Successful in the classroom. This is my poster!

My favorite decoration in the whole room. Again, inspired by pinterest. Here is the link.

So excited for this exit ticket. Students will take sticky notes and answer a question before they leave class.

The container I made for the golf pencils in case students forget a pencil.

There's not much more to it. School starts on Tomorrow. My classroom is ready. Let's hope I am ready! I know that managing my classroom will be hard with no door and walls you can hear through, but the challenge will only make me better at managing the class. When I have a door someday, I'll think classroom management is a piece of cake!

Also, one thing that I think is hilarious is that there is a joke among the staff and faculty that if you boast about having a door, your door might be taken away. And in our emergency procedures, one step says to close your door (if you have one). Good times shall be had!

It'll be a good year. I have a great staff and a supportive administration, and I'm excited to help some kids! It's go time!