Elements of Classroom Design February 29, 2016 Classroom Design Chelsi Dyer 2nd Grade
Security & Shelter Stuffed Animals (Soft Spots) Pillows (Soft Spots) Involves the physical conditions that affect the senses This can come in a physical form or a psychological form Physical: refers to the protection of all stakeholders from violence, theft, and exposure to weapons and threats in order to establish a secure learning environment Psychological: a feeling of acceptance and respect Stuffed Animals (Soft Spots) Pillows (Soft Spots) Rocking Chair (Soft Spots) Rules Fire drill procedures & Chesterfield Safety & Emergency Guidelines
Social Contact Enables interaction between students and teachers & students Arrangement of classroom Arrangement of desks Desks arranged in clusters Rug to have class meetings
Symbolic Identification Students identify with the classroom through personal identification Personalize the classroom; show the students’/teachers’ accomplishments Personal background, interests, and activities Graph of students’ favorite seasons List of words that the students love Students’ artwork
Task Instrumentality Teacher’s desk strategically placed Helps to carry out tasks and activities for working individually, in pairs, or groups Materials are easily accessible Students have a personal space for belongings Clear pathways Teacher’s desk in placed to support task and interaction patterns Teacher’s desk strategically placed Everything has a place Children have cubbies Instructions for carrying out the literacy block Clear pathways
Pleasure Colorful Soft Spots “Attractive” classroom Variety of colors: warm & cool Variety of textures: smooth & rough Variety of surfaces: hard & soft Variety of spaces: open & private/formal & informal Colorful Soft Spots
Growth Positive change in size, and/or maturation, over a period of time Stations Daily instructions (getting increasingly more difficult each day) for the literacy block
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