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My ideal classroom will be a safe, fun, and learning environment. I want my students to be excited to come to school each day. In order to do this I will have to incorporate many things.

First of all my classroom will be visually stimulating. To set the mood I will use bright and cheery colors. I want many things on the walls but not so many that it is distracting. I think an organized room is also a must. A clean and tidy room is a happy room. I want my students to enjoy reading. I would love to have a special place just for reading with bean bags or something comfy the students can sit on.

I want my classroom to be inviting to all my students. I want them to feel that it is a safe haven. I know for some students my classroom will be the only place they feel safe and cared about. I will have a no tolerance policy for students being mean to each other in any way. I would like to have a family feeling, where the students can share with each other. I will do this by encorporting family circle once a week. The students will move their desks to the sides of the room and sit in a big circle. We will share with each other anything the students want to talk about. (Within reason)

I am not really aware of all the teaching techniques yet, but I do know I want to teach in a creative way. I want to make learning fun. I want to do as many hands on projects as possible and use the creative arts to teach.

I don't really have a preference of what grade I want to teach except I don't want to teach first grade. I have mixed feelings about extended day and traditional schedule. Extended day is nice because you don't have to prepare a lesson for every subject. On the other hand traditional would be nice because I have the same class all day.

As far as technology goes I want to be up to date with all the things that are available to me for the classroom. I hope this class will help me use my creativity with technology and bring it into my classroom. I am excited to find out all the tools I will have available.

I am very excited for my future classroom. I want to make a difference in the lives of my students. After all, like they say, "It takes a village to raise a child". I will be a huge part of that village and a big part of the students day. I want each day to be a pleasant experience for both of us.