Making Our Instructional Environment Accessible to all Students Part I

As teachers we spend so much time working to make our classrooms a place where students feel welcome and successful.  We want our learning environments to aid in our students success and independence as learners.  Here is a tip that will help make your classroom super accessible to all of our learners.

Designate a specific space to each content area.  
This means that you want to group content area supports together.  For example on one wall of your room you might have math anchor charts, math resources, and your math word wall together.  On another wall you might group your project anchor charts, project word wall, project resources...you get the idea.  By having specific areas designated for specific content, we are helping all of our learners, especially our most fragile learners, easily find the resources they need to be successful.

Think of it like your iPhone.

You organize apps according to categories so that you can find things quickly and easily.  Our kids need this kind of organization in our classrooms.  We want our students to know where to look for what they need and to be able to find it quickly and get to work.  We have good examples of this here at Carrboro like.... Amanda Soldner!  She has designated spaces for each content area resplendent with informative anchor charts!  

If you want to work on making your instructional environment more accessible, but are not sure where to start, let Janet or Emily know and we can brainstorm together!