What I Envision

My classroom should look busy.  

I imagine a conversation between myself and all the students that is interactive and engaging.  I imagine that the students ask clarifying questions.  

Students in my class sit in groups or pairs and work on problems together during part of the class so that they can learn from each other and correct each others mistakes.  

When we break into these groups it is not a matter of bludgeoning our way through the material but rather all the students have been prepped for the work.  They all know what to do.  They all have an idea about what is going on.  

While the class is working on individual work I imagine that I have time to answer individual questions and clarify the material with struggling students.  I imagine having all my material prepared for class before it starts and providing students with the maximum amount of time to work on their material, which provides me with the maximum amount of time to help them with the material.  

I hope that because I am prepared every day, with the proper materials and a lesson plan to boot that I will be able to take time during the class, maybe even right at the beginning, to give students some interesting tidbit about the world and build a positive relationship with them.