olive june

my classroom

olive juneMarch 10, 2013

i am currently in my sixth year teaching middle school…

8th grade language arts.

here is an inside look into my classroom:

i decided to put a painted bookcase- of my favorite color- red- on top of my desk to help with organization and teaching resources…

i try to teach optimism at all times: “Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement, nothing can be done without hope and confidence.” — Helen Keller

“tell me and I forget. teach me and i remember. involve me and i learn.” — benjamin franklin

reading corner

bringing my love for the buckeye state to north carolina… go bucks!

such a cute gift – given to my dear colleague, ms. wade:

my students can ‘earn’ small prizes with tickets that they gain from doing the right thing/going above and beyond/helping another student/working hard:

“don’t limit yourself. many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. you can go as far as your mind lets you. what you believe, you can achieve.” — mary kay ash

“it is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.”

— albert einstein

*every friday, my students have ‘daybooks’ due – they are essentially journal entries and ~~all~~ most of them love enjoy creating different prompts– every now and then– ms. wolf is mentioned- some complaining about work/projects… which is ok… and then some love too:

“treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them become what they are capable of becoming.” — goethe

i’ve learned that organization is key.

my desk:

plot pyramid made with ribbon (on the left) and then i decided to hang a cheap curtain to hide storage:

“the purpose of life is not to be happy – but to matter, to be productive, to be useful, to have it make some difference that you have lived at all.” – leo rosten