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Learning to sound out words
Before learning to read my mom taught me the sounds each letter makes and how they sound next to each other -
Reading first book on my own
The first book I read on my own was “The Hungry Hungry Caterpillar.” I personally did not like it because it seemed so long at the time. -
Pronunciation
To practice pronunciation of words I had to read “Where the Sidewalk Ends” I also did not like it -
Chika Chika Boom Boom
In kindergarten my teacher read this book once and I loved it so much and I would try to read it as fast as I could -
Green Eggs and Ham
After weeks of Chika Chika Boom Boom I then became obsessed with “Green Eggs and Ham” and would again try to read it as fast as possible because of all the rhymes in the book -
Elephant and Piggie
I later became obsessed with all the Elephant and Piggie books -
Favorite series
While I liked many serious like the Magic Treehouse, Judy Mood, My Weird School, Bad Kitty, and I survived my favorite series to read was Dork Diaries. Which I discovered in 2nd grade -
Discovered favorite book
In the third grade which I believe was 2013-2014 my teacher read “Because of Winn-Dixie” which became my favorite and I still have my copy from the 3rd grade -
Losing interest in reading
Once I started middle school I started losing interest in reading as I was forced to read Achieve3000 articles and it started to feel like a chore -
First Socratic seminar
In 7th grade we read “Tangerine” instead of “The Outsiders” and later had a socratic seminar about it -
Edgar Allan Poe
I hated reading for a bit due to it feeling like a chore due to school however in my freshman English class we explored stories by Edgar Allan Poe and I especially loved “The Cask of Amontillado” -
Rediscovered love of reading
Due to school being cut short, everything being closed, and having to stay inside I started reading and would easily read 3 books a week. I would choose to read instead of sleep.