The Frenzied SLPs have challenged each other to a room makeover. I have the same rooms I've had for the last 3 years at 1 school, so I just mixed some things up a bit this year. I challenged myself to only have things on my wall that are functional...things I use in therapy.
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The alcove in the entrance to my room |
Right as you come into my room, I have sort of an alcove. Pretty much wasted space, to be perfectly honest. On the left side of the picture (on the wall), I put this up:
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This is part of the Wall Decor in my store. The picture didn't pick up the letters very well. |
The first day of Speech, we took a tour of the Speech Room. We looked at each word and talked about them. This is on the wall on the other side:
We went through each area of Speech/Language and the students identified what they are working on.
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This is what the front boards looked like. |
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The front board in my room now. |
I have almost a whole classroom. I say "almost" because I partitioned part of the room off with cabinets; the PTO and other people store things behind them. It was a bit challenging to make sure everything on the wall has some functional use.
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The left part of the board |
For the past couple of years, I had the calendar on the white part of the board and had washi tape sectioning off each part. I had a heck of a time getting that tape off the board! I moved the calendar over to the bulletin board, and made the squares. To hold each of the days of the week and the numbers, I used
Stikki Clips so I can slide them right in the clip. (I got the idea from one of the Kindergarten teachers.) This is the space where I had my reinforcement board for the past few years. You should have seen the students' faces when I told them the board (and the prize box) is gone. They don't seem to miss it, though, now that we're into therapy.
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A space for a writing |
Right next to the calendar, I have a white board that can be used for writing. That is, after I get the rest of the nastiness off the board. Next to that, I have my chevron "
Speech & Language Chevron Banner" (It's FREE, and there are different styles!) This was the 1 thing that doesn't have a purpose, other than filling up some space with some color.
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Artic Ladder |
Again, poor picture, but this is an artic ladder that I made with the phases of artic the students move through, from isolation (at the bottom) to Carry-Over at the top. I have clothespins with their initials on them so they (and I) will remember which one is theirs.
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You can see the cabinets I used as a partition. Many of the students comment on the PTO's Christmas Tree that you can see in the back corner. |
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The other wall with boards |
The picture above has my desk to the right of the orange cabinet and a window.
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A flag is a must! |
I have "3 Things for a Good /r/" to remind the students who are working on production of /r/ using /i/ as a starter to "Move your tongue slowly and smoothly", "Don't let your mouth move", and "Hold on to your E". I also have the simplified steps to retelling a story for my younger students.
On this whiteboard, I have a smaller version of the retell visuals
and a small version of the Story Mapping for older students. I also have my EET beads hanging up.
I wanted to keep things simple and not have my room too cluttered. I've seen rooms that are over-done with all of the cutesy things you could ever imagine, but they were so distracting. I wanted "inviting" but not "distracting". And, for my older students, I didn't want the room to look too "babified". Now if I could just keep my tables cleared off!
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