I looked through the syllabus to try to get an idea about what my goals will be for this course and I admit I was a little overwhelmed. There is so much information about literacy to cover and so little time in the semester. The first thing that came to mind was I hope that I can gain the insight on how to create balance between various learning styles in a classroom. There is a constant worry for me that there will be learners that I will leave out. I also worry that because as a learner I was able to be successful in a "traditional" style of learning ,I will easily fall into uninspiring habits. I also want to become confident in my abilities to support ELLs and other diverse learners through my lesson plans and also with proper school and community resources. I read the course pack readings before posting this so there was another goal I wanted to add. I hope to have a better understanding of effective strategies dealing with codeswitching. I wonder what impact this will have on other subject areas. I also hope that we touch on some strategies for challenging gifted students as well.