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2nd Grade - Pick a Book, Read a Book
I remember there was a time in 2nd grade where my teacher let us pick a book and read a book. It was a random time throughout the day where we will drop everything to read. -
3rd grade- Mountain Group Work
I have a slit memory about reading articles about mountains. This is where I learned that I struggled with spelling "mountains" correctly. We had to work as a group and read some facts about what we learned in front of the class. This is my earliest memory of reading infant of people. -
Grade 5- Write and read about Greece
I remember this was my first project that I had to work on by myself at home. This was the first time that I was able to go onto the computer and start researching about Greece. I had to read a few articles and then write a paper on it. After we had completed the paper, we all had to present it in front of the class. This is my earliest memory of reading infant of a group by myself and it was the scariest thing for me. -
7th Grade- RTI
I remember in middle school, I wasn't able to read as fast and comprehend stories as well. I remembered being pulled out of classes to go to a smaller class and work on my reading. We would listen to stories from the radio out loud and use our fingers to follow along. After the story was over the teacher would have us read sentences and see what we understood from the story. -
8th Grade- Excelled
During my 8th grade year I wasn't being pulled out of classes to read anymore. I believe this is were my reading was getting faster. I was still struggling but my core teacher was able to help me versus me getting the extra help in another classroom. I only remember this because I was never leaving class but would be pulled into small group reading with my teacher. -
10th Grade
We were given a book about Abraham Lincoln. I had already found history not interesting and I knew I struggled with reading. As I started the assignment on reading about Abraham Lincoln, I zoomed through the book. I was the first one done reading before the due date, I did all assignments correct and I was able to read aloud during class time reading. I think I realized that after reading the book, my reading was faster and I was able to comprehend. -
12th Grade- Read aloud
During my senior year, I was apart of a group where we would pair up with freshman and read to them. -
College Reading
During my associates degree, we did a lot of group work activities. Of course books got harder but when working in groups, everyone helped each other understand the reading assignments. There was no judgment. This helped me build confidence for college. -
Reading to my kids
I never really grew up reading books and no-one read to me. This is were I knew why is struggled with reading. I decided to make a change and read to my first born, introducing stories to my baby would help them later develop good reading skills but I also found that reading to them helped me read too. -
Kidnergarten teaching
I am currently helping teacher Kindergarten. One of my goals everyday is to pause the class and read a short story to the class. I realized that this is still helping me read and comprehend stories I have never read, while also exposing a class to new stories, words and ways to expand their comprehension. I think with how I had reading struggles, I can help a class not have reading struggles.