Significant Literacy Expereinces

By kylib

  • Could write my A, B, C's

    By the time I was three my mother had taught me how to write my alphabet. By this age I struggled a little with some letters, like lowercase q, but I was able to write them out with practice

  • Learned to write my name

    At the age of 4 I was fully about to write my name and legibly. This was something that my mother thought was very important for me to know so she started working on it as soon as I was able to pick up a pencil.

  • Fear of Kindergarten

    Entering kindergarten I was extremely fearful that we would be reading. I was sacred of this because I could not yet read and for some reason I did not think I would be able to learn how to

  • Learned to Read

    During first grade my teacher Ms. Goodman taught us how to read. I felt so accomplished and that I was turning into a "big girl" because I could read like my parents

  • Book Fair

    This was the first time I had ever seen a book fair. Before hand we got a book that showed us what we could buy. I got to pick out the things I knew I wanted and my mother wrote me a check so that when I went I was able to get all the books that I wanted

  • I found my First Literary Love

    When I was in 3rd grade my class took their weekly trip to the library. That is where I picked up my first Judy Bloom book. After that I was hooked and I must have read every book in the series

  • First Book Report

    In 6th grade I was given my first book report. We had to read the book Lupita Manana, write a report on it and create a game. My teacher was so impressed by my creativity she kept it to show future classes

  • Read my First Novel

    I read my first novel which was Twilight. My older cousin had the book and when she finished reading it she gave it to me to read myself. I felt so accomplished because before this I never read a book this long

  • Found my Favorite Author/Poet

    In my 11th grade English class we had to read The Pit and the Pendulum. This is where I found that I loved Poe's writing. After this I purchased a book of his poems and a huge book of his stories

  • Finished my first Novel Series

    Shortly after reading the first Twilight book I got hooked. I purchased the next novel as soon as I finished the one before it. This was the first time I had ever read a whole serious of books this length, not like my short Judy Blooms