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On Sept 12th, I commented on a first grade teacher named Mrs. Cassidy's blog titled Primary Preoccupation if you wish to view it you may do so here Primary Preoccupation. Mrs. Cassidy feels that the design of a classroom reflects thinking and learning.  I must say that I agree with her 100%.  If first grade children aren't comfortable then they aren't going to take in as much information as they possibly can.  Instead they are going to figit with something or zone out into outterspace.  When children do this kind of things they aren't giving their full attention to the material that is being taught. Mrs.Cassidy wants students to be as independent as possible, she wants them to learn how to take responsiblity for the own learning, and she also wants them to learn from one another as well as from people outside the classroom. 
Personally I have never given too much thought on how to decorated a classroom until I read her post.  We all know that children have very short attention spans.  Therefore, we as teachers must find fun ways to keep their attention and one way of doing that is having different areas of the classroom that they can go to instead of just having them stand up and streching for a minute or so.  Mrs. Cassidy came up with putting a love seat in her classroom so that the children can curl up and read.  This was the coolest idea because its something you don't ever see, but if you think about it, it makes perfect sense.


On September 12, I commented on Mrs.Cassidy's post about "Using Videos to Capture Learning". This is a great way to for parents to see their students learning and its also great for the students to look back at a lesson. Using video in your classroom good for many reasons and I think that more teachers should do this if they aren't already. This is just another way to keep your students focused and interested in learning the material.