Most desk plates are designed for five-year-olds, which leaves a fifth-grade teacher choosing between a name card with cartoon numbers on it and no desk plate at all. Spotty Boho Desk Plates solves that by shipping two versions in one neutral spotted design: a junior plate with letters and a number line, and an upper plate carrying a multiplication grid, place value columns and a fraction strip. The room looks the same either way; the reference matches the age.
Why this pack ships two versions
A desk reference is only used if it answers questions the child is actually asking. Put an alphabet in front of a ten-year-old and it becomes wallpaper; put a times table grid in front of a six-year-old and it becomes noise. Splitting the pack means the plate stays live all year, and a mixed-grade or composite class can run both versions on the same tables without the desks looking like they belong to two different rooms.
What’s inside the pack
- Junior desk plates with an alphabet strip, formation arrows, a number line to twenty and ten frames.
- Upper desk plates with a multiplication grid, place value chart, fraction strip and 2D and 3D shape names.
- A name-only plate in the same spotty design for classrooms that want the look without the references.
- Two plate sizes so the design fits both a standard desk and a narrow shared table.
- Editable name fields, plus matching tray and drawer labels in the same palette.
What each version carries
- Name panel — typed from your class list, on both versions.
- Alphabet with arrows — upper and lowercase letter formation, junior plate only.
- Number line — to twenty on the junior plate, to one hundred on the upper plate.
- Ten frames — early quantity support for the youngest students.
- Multiplication grid — a twelve by twelve table on the upper plate.
- Place value columns — ones through thousands with a decimal point marked.
- Fraction strip — halves through tenths, aligned so equivalence is visible.
- Shape names — 2D shapes on the junior plate, 2D and 3D on the upper one.
Who it’s for
Kindergarten through grade six, with the junior plate covering the first years and the upper plate carrying the rest. It is a practical choice for composite classes, for schools standardizing desks across a corridor, and for any teacher who wants a neutral spotted design rather than a themed one that dates the moment the theme changes.
How teachers use it
Type the names, print on cardstock, laminate and tape down all four edges — corners lift first, and a lifted corner becomes a peeled plate within a week. The laminated surface takes a dry-erase marker, so the plate doubles as a scrap space for a spelling word or a working-out box. Print a few spares before the year starts; there is always a replacement needed by the end of the first month.
A closer look at one plate (both versions share the layout)
The upper plate places the multiplication grid on the left, where the non-writing hand rests, and keeps the place value and fraction strips along the top edge so they stay visible when a book is open on the desk. Every reference is printed in gray rather than full black, which is a deliberate choice — it keeps the child’s own written work the darkest thing on the desk and stops the plate competing with the page.
Print editions and file formats
- Included: a full-color edition and an ink-friendly edition of both plate versions, in A4 and US Letter.
- Format: a print-ready PDF plus an editable PowerPoint file for the name fields; available the moment checkout completes.
- Access: lifetime access, so each year’s class list is typed into the same file.
Measure your desks against the two sizes and confirm you have PowerPoint before downloading if you plan to type the names.
Frequently asked questions
What files are included? A print-ready PDF of both plate versions at both sizes, plus an editable PowerPoint file for the names.
How do I get them? The download is issued instantly at checkout and stored in your account.
Can I mix the references? The reference strips themselves are fixed, which is why three versions are supplied — junior, upper and name-only. Pick the plate that matches each student.
Printing and licensing? Print and laminate as many as your class needs, and reprint replacements whenever one is damaged. One teacher per license.
See the rest of the desk and decor range in Classroom Teaching Resources.
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