My Literacy Timeline

  • Beginning

    Mother started reading to me as a baby.
  • Head Start

    Went to Head Start, and the teachers read stories to me. Started turning pages and looking at pictures in books.
  • Kindergarten

    Went to Kindergarten and started learning letters and having books read to me.
  • First Grade

    Started using sight words.
  • Second Grade

    Started going to the library to pick out books to take home to read.
  • Firth Grade

    Started reading chapter books like Charlotte's Web.
  • Six Grade

    Started reading books and doing book reports.
  • Eighth Grade

    My mother required me to read for an hour everyday of the summer before watching tv.
  • High School

    We had a lot of reports to do that required reading and research.
  • College the First Time

    Took a readying class and failed so I dropped out of school.
  • Career

    Started teaching at a preschool and read books to the children regularly.
  • Still Teaching

    Teaching children their letters and sounds and how to spell their names.
  • Back to College

    I went back to school and took my reading class over, and I passed. I am now taking this class and a speech class