Flexible seating is going well. Our biggest challenge has been the management of supplies that would typically be located in student desks. I made homemade cubbies at the beginning of the year with boxes from the post office. These were only strong enough to hold the papers going home each day and a library book. All other student workbooks, folders, pencil boxes, and notebooks were kept in various piles throughout my classroom. It took several minutes for transitions due to passing everything out each time. I saw rolling carts on sale on Michael's Craft Store website and ordered 4 (7 slots per cart). I had never made something like this before on my own. I came bright and early to work and worked through lunch and built all 4! I left the wheels off, pushed them together, and now have sturdy cubbies!
Students helped to organize all of their supplies (workbooks, notebooks, pencil boxes, folders, etc) in their new cubbies. Then we dumped the old cubbies. The room looks so much better! Now transitions will be much smoother as students have one place to access all of their materials. It is their responsibility to keep their cubby clean and organized each day.
