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I am looking forward to a new and exciting year. It is my job to encourage each child to take risks, to feel safe to make mistakes, and to allow them the opportunity to learn new skills and concepts. I look forward to working with you in order to support your child’s learning.   

I will encourage students’ questions, answers (right or wrong), and ideas. I believe that students will decide which information is important to them and will use this information to reach a higher level of cognition.  The information they learn adds to or replaces prior knowledge.  My role as the teacher is to provide appropriate and significant material needed for them to reach this new level of understanding.

The atmosphere in our classroom stimulates questioning about their environment and their knowledge.  In addition, our classroom environment encourages critical thinking and problem solving.  By respecting a student’s ideas and by encouraging a higher level of thinking, we help the students take responsibility for their own learning, which in turn makes learning more useful, meaningful, and fun.

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