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Birth
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Infancy
Parents would read books to me. -
Toddler
Parents would read to me. Was able to turn pages and pretend to read. -
Preschool
The teacher would read books to the class. Started working on sight words and letter sounds. -
Kidergarten
The teacher read to class. Students read along with the teacher. I remeber the whole class sitting around in a cirlce as the teacher read books and asked the students about the story. -
First-Second Grade
Remember writing sentences and short stories in class. Where I was able to start reading short stories. Able to sound words out. Got a library card and signed up for reading programs. -
Third Grade
In third grade is when I remember we started to read books out loud to the class. Every week we would sit in the reading corner and a student would pick a short book to read to the class. -
Fourth-Eight Grade
Was reading more than short stories. Started to read more educational text and using the information from the text to complete assignments. -
High School
Reading was mostly independent. Started doing book reviews and took creative writing courses. During this time found out I really enjoyed reading. Read many books during this time for free reading purposes. -
Child
Helping my own child to read stories and practice the alphabet and working on site words. -
College
Reading college level textbooks. Learning to take notes.