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Parents Reading to Me
I don't remember the exact date, but my dad would read to me every night before I went to bed. He did this until I was at least 10 years old. -
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Significant Literacy Experiences
These are items/events that have contributed to your development of literacy skills. -
Reading the Licence Plates
My dad would take me on walks when I was younger and just learning my letter. He would have my practice my letters by reading the license plates on the cars in our neighborhood. -
Preschool Letter Games
One of the first school experience that I remember was playing a letter game with my preschool class. My teacher would play music and we would walk around a circle of letters. When the music stopped, we would stand on a letter and say it's name. -
Kindergarden Reading Group
My reading book in kindergarten was purple popcorn. I loved going to reading group so much that year. I remember going around the group reading round robin style. I always looked forward to my turn. -
Getting My Library Card
In fifth grade my parents allowed me to have my own library card. -
Reading My First Adult Chapter Book
In sixth grade we read Call of the Wild. It was the first time I read an adult book. I felt like I had gotten past learning how to read and was focusing more on content. -
Shakespeare
In ninth grade we read our first book written by Shakespeare, Romeo and Juilet -
College English class
I took my first college English class my freshman year. It was by far the hardest class that I had taken to date. -
Teaching Myself Phonics
I never learned phonics as a child. Once I started teaching, I had to teach myself in order to teach it to my students. -
Teaching My Own Children to Read
Teaching your own children to read develops your reading skills in a whole new way
