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My First Book
I loved children's books that had textures to them. Many of these books were animal related. -
Reading Specialist
This is the age when I had to start going to a reading specialist, because I was not reading at the pace that my peers were -
Junie B Jones
Junie B Jones books were truly a gift to me. My cousin gave me her collection and I became obsessed with them and finally enjoyed reading. -
Harry Potter
When I first learned about Harry Potter, I was very intimated. I saw a huge book with so many pages and did not think I would be able to stay focused for that long, but I wanted to be a part of the conversation with my friends and their fascination with the series. Once I started the books, I flew through them and finally gained the confidence to read longer novels. -
Required Reading
The summer before I started high school was when I began to not enjoy reading. We had 6 books that we were required to read and I found them all to be more of a chore to read instead of enjoying them. -
Catcher in the Rye
Our last book of the semester in Freshman english was "Catcher in the Rye". I loved the conversations that this book created between my peers and perspectives that I learned from the story, compared to how others interpreted it. -
Too busy to read
By the end of high school, I felt as if I was too busy to read. Between apply to colleges, playing varsity and travel team sports, working on the weekends, and trying to have a social life, I lost the time to relax and read. -
Back to my past
When I started teaching in a preschool, I found that some children were not interested in books at all. I decided to purchase animal books with textures with the hopes that children would be drawn to them, just as I was when I was a child. -
Kindergarten
Just last year I went to a phonovisual training for Kindergarten teachers. I found this to be the most fascinating workshop and learned that I have pronouncing words incorrectly my entire life. It taught me that you can never stop reading and learning. -
I need to read more carefully
I am mortified that I did the "Timeline" for this assignment incorrectly and submitted it. I will definitely read all instructions carefully from now on so that mistake does not happen again.