I don't know your classes, but mine get super excited for "new seats" day. My principal likes to joke about how often I change their seats, but not only seats but desk arrangements too! I love to mix things up, what can I say? So, anyway since I do change things around a lot, I have tried so many ways for new seating arrangements and seating charts. During my subbing days, I stumbled across a sixth grade teacher that used sticky notes for her seating chart and I thought that was just ingenious! But, I took my seating chart with stickys a step further.
I used four different colors. Each color represented a different level. You could use the colors for anything: guided reading groups, math groups, ability level, behaviors, anything really!
Using sticky notes for my seating chart like this has made rearranging seats such a breeze! What do you use as a seating chart? How do you arrange your kiddos?
Happy teaching!
