Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Mr. Spencer's Classroom

Here are some pictures of Mark's classroom. He likes the school and his classes just fine. He is pretty tired at the end of the day, kids are really draining especially somewhat needy 6th graders and having 27-30 of them. But he is doing great!



Mr. Spencer hard at work!



His really cool Egypt picture on Papyrus and to the left is all his storage.



The front of the room.



His word wall and Grades/Assignments Calendar



The back wall, it is a collapsible wall (but he doesn't hear the other classes) and the teacher next door is very nice. It is the math teacher on his team. We had her (Jen) and her husband over for dinner last week. They always open up the door on the right after school so they can talk about their students or Mark can get answers to his questions.

It is a really nice school, probably the best Middle School in the district, largely because the administration really does back up the teachers. Quite a few teachers we have talked to have mentioned that they will be really upset when the/if the principal leaves. We are just so happy that Mark got the job here!

4 comments:

Rebecca said...

What a nice classroom. Those kids are really lucky to have Mark as a teacher. Do you remember us as 6th graders? Mr. B was really good, but Mr. W was a complete joke! Mostly I remember how we had to watch him eat his tuna fish (the ultimate punishment) and you would "steal" his briefcase and car keys. And everyone thought you were so sweet and innocent!

Lydia said...

wonderful classroom!! eliza says she wishes mark could be her teacher. if only you had gotten a job in idaho . . . . ;)

Emily said...

Awwww...makes me miss teaching! Great looking room, Mr. Spencer. A word wall and everything! :) Lucky kids. They're needy, but at that age they still care about what you think - in a couple years that doesn't happen anymore.

Unknown said...

I'm happy for you! The classroom looks so good that I'm ready to go back to school! hehe!