Seating Chart

Thing I learned #6: Always have a seating chart for your students

Having a seating chart for your students just makes things 1,099,029,394,290 times more easier for you and your students.

Here is a sample of one of the seating charts I did for my Kinder/1st grade class. It's not really anything pretty just something I did quickly to save my life from chaos.

Tips for creating your seating chart:

• Draw the tables, chairs, and/or area where your students will be seating and label them ex. Table 1, 2, 3, etc
• Use pen for the permanent drawings and pencil for the names. In this way if you have to make any changes, you won't have to use white out and have it look all messy.
• Think of your students and who will behave best sitting next to who
• I try to seat everyone boy, girl, boy, girl because it helps my students concentrate more and talk less
• I also make sure that no good (talkative) friends are sitting together or nearby for if I do, it will guarantee them chatting and playing away.
• Make sure your students know where they are to sit every day. Let them know the name or number of their table

Sitting charts make it easier for you in the following ways:

• Students chat with each other less
• They can work better as a team
• They are motivated to do 'good' as a table
• When you need your students to do something you can tell them 'Table 1, go line up." Or "Table 2, I need you to bring the noise level down."
• Knowing where the students sit regularly will make it easier for them to get used to routine
•  It is easier to know where each student is at all times

-Ely <3