Thursday, January 8, 2009

Ideal classroom

If I could have my ideal classroom, it would be in a Title 1 school, where their are a range of diverse students. The size of my classroom would be of medium size and be a place where children can feel safe and trust me. The walls of this classroom would be brightly decorated with artwork from the class and with posters to help them remember their colors,animals, word chunks, and letters. The class would be orderly and have many resources,such as, books that they can use and borrow. I'd prefer that my classroom be first grade, with children who want to explore learning and find out their potentials. 
The personality of my students are all different and some will take me awhile to figure out. The parents of the students are helpful in supporting the school and being there for their students. They communicate with me and express their concerns.We work together to try and help the students learn the best the can. Some of the parents aren't really involved with the school or their child's success. The colleagues at my school are very helpful and share ideas of teaching techniques that work. They also give advice of things you could do to make your classroom better and help you get a feel for the school. 
The teaching techniques I'll use in my classroom will be starting with what the students know, being positive and complementary, tell them how they are progressing, make the material meaningful and apply it to life experiences, and reward them for achieving goals.
The technology that I'll incorporate in my classroom lessons  will be using laptops to do reading and listening exercises. Also doing little computer lessons to help them get familiar with technology and  see how it's important in this world.
The content I'll teach will be the core curriculum standards for each academic topic and the concepts will be learned through activities, homework, and field trips.
The class goals that I'll embrace will be respect, hard work, caring, being respectful of all different cultures, and high reading levels.
What I hope to teach the classroom is that each person is of importance, life skills, work ethic, respect, and love of learning and self.

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