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My Literacy Experiences
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Age 3
First experience in Preschool, where I learned to identify and trace letters of the alphabet -
Music and Movement
I loved listening and dancing to music. My parents also took me to "Play-Arena", an indoor children's play center that incorporated stories, music, and tumbling -
Age 4-5- Introduction to Kindergarten
I gained more exposure to literacy during read-aloud story time. I also learned how to write my name and learned how to distinguish between upper case and lower case letters -
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3rd-4th Grade
I became very interested in reading the Babysitter's Club and Goosebump's book series -
5th-7th Grade
My tastes in books changed, and I began delving into the Harry Potter series -
My Freshman and Sophmore years
As the workload and demands increased, so did the amount of reading. In my literacy classes, I read and analyzed stories like, "Romeo and Juliet", "Of Mice and Men", "Animal Farm", "The Catcher in the Rye", and "Lord of the Flies" -
SAT and College Applications
Taking the SAT's and applying to colleges tested my creative writing and literacy skills -
High School French class 2006-2007
I was in an AP French class, in which I was exposed to French Literature, and was required to read and interpret several stories -
Freshman and Sophmore Reading and Kinesiology Literature
For my undergraduate degree, the type of literature of reading switched more towards Kinesiology-related reading -
Master's Education
For my Master's degree in Special Education, my selection of reading focused more on research and practices related to Special Education