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Student learning activities can be completed in small groups with this classroom desk arrangement. Students are facing one another to discuss books in literature circles or to debate theory.

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Classroom Seating Chart: Oval vs Circle

This desk arrangement involves two large S formations in which the students are facing different directions. It would not be suitable for a lecture-style classroom environment.

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Classroom Seating Chart: Crooked S’s

Students are in two long groups, but are staggered for less talking than in traditional pod formations. They will face one another, but have access to many different students for interaction and collaboration.

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Classroom Seating Chart: House Roof Line

This classroom desk arrangement begins in an H formation, then the extra desks are placed on the legs of the H to face inward. This example does not work well if the instruction os given from one place in the room. but it would work well for independent work and centers.

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Classroom Seating Chart: Added H

Zig zags formations are the center of this class seating chart. This would work best for individual student center work as the students would be able to work independently, while also allowing for freedom of movement throughout the classroom.

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Classroom Seating Chart: The Dippers

This seating chart example has small groups of four to six students sitting in various directions, but still adjacent to one another for cooperative learning activities to occur.

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Classroom Seating Chart: Sweet T

Three groups of two desks each are the focus of this seating chart example. The groups them become teams in which to collaborate and work together. This arrangement is not useful if you do a lot of independent style work as the students ill all be facing one another.

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Classroom Seating Chart: Seashells

Straight parallel lines are the look of this desk arrangement. Two lines of students that face one another are perfect for friendly debates during class.

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Classroom Seating Chart: Parallel Views