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Reading History Timeline

  • Reading Picture Books

    Reading Picture Books
    Usually before bed, my parents would read me a picture book when I was a young child before I could read.
  • Reading Circle

    Reading Circle
    In 1st grade we would have reading circles where we got to choose a book and read to the class.
  • Reading Logs

    Reading Logs
    In elementary school, around 3rd grade we would have reading logs where we tried to read as many books as we can and whoever spent the most time reading would recieve a prize at the end of the week. This made it really fun to read each night.
  • Scholastic Book Fair

    Scholastic Book Fair
    In elementary school, we had the Scholastic Book Fair that we went to each year and chose some of our favorite books.
  • Visiting a Library

    Visiting a Library
    Growing up, libraries had childrens sections for reading that I used to sit on a bean bag chair and choose a book to read after school.
  • Favorite Reading Series

    Favorite Reading Series
    My first favorite series that I was obsessed with was Junie B Jones. I had each book in the series.
  • 5th grade Reading After Lunch

    5th grade Reading After Lunch
    My 5th grade teacher would read to us after lunch each day, a chapter from a book. It was my favorite part of the day.
  • Independent Summer Reading Contest

    Independent Summer Reading Contest
    During the summer before going into middle school, my library had a reading contest over the summer and after reading so many books we got to choose a book of our choosing from our library to keep.
  • First Favorite Young Adult Series

    First Favorite Young Adult Series
    During 6th/7th grade I loved The Hunger Games series and would read the books over and over. They were one of my favorite series to read in Middle School.
  • Reading Shakespeare

    Reading Shakespeare
    In my freshman year of highschool, I took a theater class that we learned about Shakespeare and read his texts, it was exciting getting to learn and read a different genre of books.
  • Reigniting the Love for Reading again

    Reigniting the Love for Reading again
    After highschool, my love for reading kind of vanished. It wasn't until this past year that I started loving it again. I really enjoy informational books and young adult books that take me out of reality for a few hours.