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Hi, I'm running out of ideas for seating plans for my grade 1's. Right now, we are in small groups, each group with a name, so I can call on the monkeys, or the eagles, or the lions, etc. But, here's the problem...

I have a class of 15, in which 4 students cannot be within 5 feet of each other (seriously, 5 feet, or I spend all my time breaking up disputes!). I have two more who are just , well, silly, and are also hard to place next to someone.

I've done groups and big U already. I'm trying to hold off on straight rows--I will probably need that one later on in the year! Anyone have any ideas? I should mention that the majority of the class strongly resists having to work with two of the 4 students who have to be separated, because they are so draining for the other students to work with.

Thanks!
jo/ma I saw a teacher do this once and it seemed to work quite well. She had 6 "pods" of 4 desks each, three pods on the left and three pods on the right. Straight down the middle was space for a traditional row of desks. Anyone who consistently misbehaved got their desk moved to the middle row. The kids in the pods had all kinds of privileges that the k...See More
Apr 10, 2009
fellow teacher On 4/10/09, Agrigirl wrote: > Hi, I'm running out of ideas for seating plans for my > grade 1's. Right now, we are in small groups, each group > with a name, so I can call on the monkeys, or the eagles, > or the lions, etc. But, here's the problem... > > I have a class of 15, in which 4 students cannot be within > 5 feet of eac...See More
Apr 10, 2009
Leah An article that may be of interest:
Apr 10, 2009
Allie What about an E and a backwards E? You can move students with focus issues in the front by you. Spread the others out. The 'ends' of the E can be a place to stagger behavior issues also. It is very easy to move desks into groups of 4 (or more) this way also. I use this almost exclusively throughout the year. I like it because it is 'traditional' bu...See More
Apr 10, 2009


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