I will serve as both a learner and a facilitator. I will encourage students to take responsibility for their own learning. I will have the class spend more time on transaction activities rather than transmission activities. The class will spend a lot of time reading and writing. The only way to become better readers and writers is to read and write all or the time.
Reading makes better readers and writing makes better writers.
My students will learn about phonics in context. Rather than giving them a worksheet to complete and reading books that were written solely for learning phonics, we as a class will use real literature. I will have excellent classroom management. Students tend to learn a lot more when the classroom is under control. There are not a lot of distractions and all of us can stay focused on the task at hand.