Meeting Area: A Place to Deliver Minilessons

Last week I had the pleasure of going back to NYC to visit Christina L. Rodriguez, my former student teacher who took over my classroom after I moved to Rhode Island. She’s going to be teaching fifth grade this fall in my former classroom. I was blown away by the (positive) changes Christina made to the classroom I inhabited for three years. I had to post a photo of the meeting area/library she created. Isn’t it extremely warm and inviting? Would you believe she took this photo before the labels were on the baskets, posters were on the walls, etc.? It even looks more amazing now! Let me tell you: any student would be lucky to be in Christina’s Class. The brightness of the room, with the way she made it super-comfortable for kids, will make any kid yearn to be a student in her classroom. 🙂