Imagine walking into a Pepto-Bismol pink pained room, walls lacking pictures and posters, and a teacher at their desk with a frown on their face, with a list of rules behind them long enough to touch the floor. More than likely spending eight months trying to learn in this environment would not be a pleasant time for most children. In the following I will explain my teaching philosophy, including how I will arrange the learning environment, my classroom rules and regulations, and what discipline and reward strategies I plan to use.
             I believe that the learning environment is an important thing in the students ability to learn. First, I plan to keep the room well lit, colorful, and fun. First, it is important to the room well lit so students do not have to strain their eyes to read in the dark, but not directly into strong light that a strain would create tension and make concentration difficult. Second, I would keep my room organized, fun, and colorful. With what bulletin board space is available in my classroom I plan to fill it with student work, current events, festive decorations, etc. Decorate the rest of the room with student art work or material on which is being covered in class. I am a very organized person so I also expect my future classroom to be very well kept and organized. With desk arrangement I plan on arranging the desks in either semi-circle, clusters, or in rows, so that all children are able to see the chalkboard and me feasibly. I think cooperative learning is a great way f!
             or students to interact with others and learn from one another, so I think that the cluster set-up is one of my favorite desk arrangements. With this type of learning environment I think that the students will be more eager to learn compared to a dull and cluttered room.
             When creating the rules for the classroom I plan to first consider rules with my students as procedures, since the word "rules" had more of a ne...