Desk Thinking

This is a picture from my desk, looking out at my room. 

And way back there....

is my noisiest table group. Every single time. Doesn't matter who I put there. They are noisy. 

Especially when we are doing writing. And I'm sitting at my desk, chatting it up with my little writers. 

And I read something the other day about being only 4 steps away from every student. 

Yep. I'm more than 4 from this cozy little group. 

To go along with that, I'm wanting a new, smaller desk. 

And I was thinking...what if I put my desk where my projector cart is. My desk wouldn't move around like my cart does. I'd be in the middle of the room. I'd lose one piece of furniture. I'd be close to everybody.

And I was only joking with myself when I first thought of this. But maybe....

Thinking out loud

Sitting here, very bundled up on my couch, while a Christmas movie plays in the background. It is, to put it politely, frigid outside! Brrr!!  I think we got up to 18 degrees today - that's the highest it's been since Wednesday. Brr! Brr! Brr! 

This kind of cold weather of course means indoor recess. Really, the only thing worse than recess duty is indoor recess. Because they just don't get rid of any of their extra energy!  I draw sticks and 6 of them can get on the desktop computers, than everybody else can go do something - draw on scrap paper, draw on the whiteboard, play with my pitiful set of Legos. And just to make me laugh - Friday afternoon, when I drew sticks - only 3 kids wanted on the computer. Keep me guessing kids! 

So, I have just been thinking about this. I read a blog post {so special, I can't remember where from} {{wait, wait - here it is!}} and the gal talked about - why don't you consider giving up your desk.

Yes, I want to! Yes, I probably need to - but, but, but. So then I sorta thought to myself - I just Will Not sit there when I have kids in the room. Well, all that did is make me conscious of the times that I do sit there. Like real quick after they get in the room first thing in the morning, because I haven't made time to check my email until then. Or real quick before they leave for lunch so I can see if anything exciting is happening in school world. Or to quick run off a form I need for guided reading. Etc., etc., etc.  

If I got rid of my desk - I would LOVE to move my guided reading table back where it is. It really needs to go to the back of the room. But, but, but. I use the white board beside my guided reading table All The Time. And I don't have a white board in the back of my room. 

So you see my problems??  Any thoughts? Suggestions? How to get rid of your teacher desk ideas? Would love to hear/ read your comments.