Reavel Room #3...Special Education Instructional Classroom

Welcome to Miss Kenney's Instructional Special Education classroom for 2nd and 3rd grade!

As I've stated in several posts we moved into a brand new elementary building this summer.  It has taken lots of time and effort to get it ready for kids.  The kids have been back for four days...and they are loving everything about the new building. 

The biggest adjustment for me is that I am in a smaller classroom than I was in our previous building.  I moved 144 boxes into my new classroom.  The day we moved all those boxes and my furniture into my room you could only walk two feet into the classroom...then it was boxes floor to ceiling. 

This was before I unpacked and decorated....













I got rid of lots of furniture, but not one single box....I made it all fit into my new classroom.  Every cabinet, nook, and cranny is full to the max, but I did it!

I will be putting my CAFE board on this wall, but I haven't had a minute to put it up yet.  All student materials are on my book shelves.  Anything that is for teacher use only has been put away into cabinets.  This allows students easy access to the materials they need. 

This is my "cool down "zone.  I found my peacemaker and peacebreaker posters on pinterest.  The bungee chair is a new addition.  The kids love this chair, it is super comfortable.  I highly recommend it!  I bought it on sale at Target. 

This door leads to our huge bathroom.  I am using the outside of the door to display some of my reading posters.  I will also be adding my Daily 5 posters to this door.  I used wrapping paper on the outside of the door. I highly recommend using wrapping paper as your background to any boards you make for you room.  It is super easy to put up and lays nicely. 

My bathroom is very large and it is doubling as an "office".  It is well organized.  It is being treated more as a 'walk-in closet' or 'office' than a bathroom.  Pictures coming soon...I forgot to take pictures for this post.

Believe it or not, everything hung on the walls is stapled in.  It's amazing we can just staple into the wall, its like a wrap-around bulletin board.

 More reading posters, my calendar, and whiteboard space for me to write. 

 I used wrapping paper for this board...wrapping paper is amazing!  So easy to hang and get flat!

 Saw this idea on pinterest a few years ago...love it!  

Math and writing wall.  The posters about the touchpoints are the digit form and word form for numbers 1-19, and then skip counting by 10's to 100.  These posters are extremely useful.  I refer students to them all the time!

Sorry for the glare....

 My amazing storage!  The purple cabinet on the left I painted with aluminum siding paint.  I won't open any of those cabinets and show you how much stuff is in them...they are packed.  Extremely organized, but packed :)

The bears on my cabinet are going to be my helper board.  The kids get to pick what jobs we will have this year.  The blue baskets on top are more books from my student libraries that I didn't have room for on my book shelves.  I will switch them out throughout the year.

 Each table has a caddy.  I got the round blue ones from Really Good Stuff, they spin!  I am loving that.  The pink caddies came from dollar tree!  I've had them awhile and love them. 

Our PBIS building theme is trains...so I stole this idea from Rebecca...these are the school wide rules and my classroom rules. 

Last, but not least my classroom door! 

I love my new classroom and I am so happy with the way it turned out.  I have many more things to do (what teacher doesn't), but it is a good start to the new school year!  Great classroom, school, and kiddos...I am so blessed :)