To do this, of course, reading and writing would go hand in hand. Mostly, students would work independently, but group work would also be incorporated into the lessons. Also, I would have some games that the kids bcould play 2 to 4 at a time, that would create an educational purpose as well keeping their attention. After having a classroom of my own for the past three years, I would do these things this particular way because of trial and error experiences in the past. My current definition and view of literacy is that everyone has the potential to be literate.
Literacy has several stagesand several purposes.
Even children who can't read fluently can still be literate. For example, most children will recognize the McDonald arches, even in new towns that they have never been to. This, in my own opinion, is a beginning stage of literacy. Wen children can sound out words or identify them by the starting letter this is also another stage of literacy. Then there is the complete stage of literacy, where most adults should be.