Tuesday, September 26, 2017
Amy D. as a 5th Grade Reader
This is a memory from a long time ago, but a memory that I have held onto for many years. My 5th grade teacher, Mrs. Gardner, read Anne of Green Gables aloud to the class almost every day. I loved Anne and wished I could have been her! I decided from that moment on that I would live in New England which was probably as close as I would ever get to Prince Edward Island. Well, I made it from New York to Vermont and that has made all the difference. I don't remember having many choices in our school library and certainly there were no books in our classroom to choose from. At home, I scoured our small bookcase and read everything I could get my hands on-- Little Women, The Yearling, fairy tales from Hans Christian Anderson, and then onto encyclopedias :-). I remember trying to read Moby Dick, but it did not interest me in the least. I must admit that I love the DCF books and all the great choices available in my classroom library, as limited as it is. I hope to inspire students to read by sharing my love of books and I'm always looking for suggestions for new reads.
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Amy- I love that you were so inspired by a read aloud your teacher did. I wish I had a memory like that! I think that is why I try to find great books for read alouds with my students. I want them to remember the read alouds I did and have a positive memory like you from at least one of them.
ReplyDeleteI agree that the DCF is wonderful! It is often my goal during the summer to read as many of the new ones as possible (although I have never read the entire list in one year!). But I also love what you said about the classics. So often they are left behind for newer, more young adult focused books. And although young adult is an amazing genre today, how do we find time for classics too? Students often shy away from them because they "look old", or the print is too small. Sometimes I think it's a symptom of our instant gratification society. Building stamina and endurance in our readers is hard.
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