My design problem I chose to study was How might I make classroom transitions more efficient? I choose this issue because this year because of our schedules we have a very short transition time between lunch and reading enrichment and specials and dismissal. While I have tried my best to assure my students lunch time and specials time is not taken up by transitions it is a struggle to not be late to lunch and specials. This problem was both very relevant to me, my students, and my co teachers. Since I simply couldn’t create more time for students to pack-up because they are not in my classroom before these transitions I worked on finding different ways to make them more efficient. I think the most meaningful part of the project was brainstorming possible solutions and discussing with other teachers how they conduct transitions. I was able to conduct several observations of a third grade classroom and first grade classroom instructed students to get back up. I also spoke with two fift