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Desks or tables and a rug?

by Karen M.

Jul 14, 2012

How many of you First Grade teachers have desks in your rooms? How many have tables? Which do you prefer and why? How do you have them arranged? When I went into my new room, the desks were arranged in rows of 2. It took up a lot of space in a small room. I'm thinking of arranging them of pods of 4/5. Do you think this will work? How many of you have a rug in your rooms as a central meeting place? Thanks for taking a look, and your help!

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Mary On 7/14/12, Karen M. wrote: > How many of you First Grade teachers have desks in your > rooms? How many have tables? Which do you prefer and > why? How many of you have a rug in your rooms as a central meeting place?

I absolutely have a rug as a central meeting place....morning meeting, calendar, etc. A rug is a must! I thought I...See More

Jul 15, 2012

Mary, again Forgot to say that with tables there is more opportunity for kids to look at their neighbor's work and not use their own resources. It's also physically easier for me to help kids when they're at a desk.....don't have to squeeze in between the kids at a table (also the other kids hear what I'm saying and, again, might not use their own resources). ...See More

Jul 15, 2012

annette Last year I switched to round tables and could fit 4 children comfortably. It has pros and cons. This year I will move to a bigger room so I hope it will work out even better. I also have a rug that I do a lot of my whole group instruction. Desks offer more flexibility of how you can arrange your students but I will try the tables again.

O...See MoreLast year I switched to round tables and could fit 4 children comfortably. It has pros and cons. This year I will move to a bigger room so I hope it will work out even better. I also have a rug that I do a lot of my whole group instruction. Desks offer more flexibility of how you can arrange your students but I will try the tables again.

On 7/15/12, Diana wrote: > Good Grief! > Something weird happened to my dm when I posted. > All of the circles got out of place. > I will try again sideways: > > O O O O O O > O > O O > O O > O O > O > O O O O O O > > The front of the room is to the right, and that's where the board > is. Our rug is in the middle of the desks. > I hope this works better than the last time :-) > On 7/15/12, Diana wrote: >> I have desks. I like it better than tables because it cuts >> down on transition time between activities. They have their >> stuff right there, and can get it out, rather than getting up >> and going to cubbies or wherever to get materals. Shorter >> transition times = more instruction time. Also,in my >> experience, transition times are when most behavior problems >> are likely to occur. >> My beginning of the year desk arrangement is an "inverted U" >> with a few desks in the middle. >> O O O O O O O O O >> O O O O O >> O O >> O O >> O O >> >> >> Front of Room >> >> This is how it looks with 20 students. The desks on the sides >> are facing in, so that they can have eye contact with one >> another. A large rug fills the space between the desks. >> Whether they are working at their desks or on the rug, they >> can easily see the Promethean Board. >> I do a boy-girl seat arrangement as much as possible to cut >> down on social talking & inattention. >> >> Some years I switch to little square islands of 4 desks facing >> into one another if I think that the class can handle that. >> >> On 7/14/12, Karen M. wrote: >>> How many of you First Grade teachers have desks in your >>> rooms? How many have tables? Which do you prefer and >>> why? How do you have them arranged? When I went into my >>> new room, the desks were arranged in rows of 2. It took up >>> a lot of space in a small room. I'm thinking of arranging >>> them of pods of 4/5. Do you think this will work? How >>> many of you have a rug in your rooms as a central meeting >>> place? Thanks for taking a look, and your help!

Jul 27, 2012

AnneCT I have desks, and yes, a carpet in front of the smart board. I rearrange the desks each month to help kids to socialize with others. Groups of 4/5, horse shoe shape, traditional rows, two long table groups, even odd pentominoe type groupings. Sets of two with spaces take up too much space in my class.

Desks give me the opportunity to make...See More

Aug 12, 2012

grace My students have desk and I group them differently through the year. I also have a carpet that we meet on, it is a rectangle and four rows of five color dots, one row is red, one row is yellow,one row is blue, and one row purple. A couple of years ago I traded in my desk for a kidney shaped table to use during small group time.

n 8/12/12,...See More

Sep 15, 2012

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