Classroom Organization

I have been thinking a lot lately about my future classroom, and the physical environment I would like to create.  As the physical set up of the classroom can affect student learning, I want to create a space that is organized, engaging, fun, and allows for a lot of movement.  Now, this is difficult since I do not have an actual space to work with, but the ideas are burning through my head like wildfire!  I began searching for ways to put my ideas to good use in the classroom and I cam across an article from www.scholastic.com that I wanted to share.  The author of the article, Nancy Jang, had some wonderful ideas and pointers that I think any teacher could use (or modify to fit their needs).  You can find this article, "Organizing and Reorganizing Your Classroom," under "Resources and Other Bloggers" to the right of this page.  I hope you find it as helpful as I did.

Thought of the day:  "Truly great teachers teach from the heart, not from a book."