My name is Meran Khon, and I've been a teacher for 15 years. I taught 7th grade English for seven years, and moved to a 3rd grade self-contained classroom eight years ago (within the same district). I love hands-on projects, small group interaction and collaboration, and movement around the room. While implementing learning strategies such as Kagan cooperative structures, along with reading about outdoor learning spaces, physical furniture arrangement/design of classrooms, and higher level thinking and engagement research, I began to slowly phase in more "outside the box" classroom design, such as distinct learning spaces, comfy seating, lighting, and more. The physical space should reflect the teaching style and more effective management, so I'm very excited to see how this experience changes both my physical space and my teaching styles and effectiveness.