Monday, September 25, 2017
Jessica as a 1st grade reader
I can not think back to myself as a 1st grade reader. I'm not sure I even knew how to read then, or I was learning to read. I do remember having books at home, although I don't remember my mom reading to me much. She wasn't a reader herself, but I had a bookcase filled with books. As time went on, I remember a few books that I read, but I don't remember much. I have never really been a reader. It was always something that was difficult for me and I read extremely slow and by the time I get to the bottom of the page, I often have no idea what I've read. Therefore, I have to read it gain. I remember a few books that were mentioned by others, although I don't necessarily remember what grade I was in. The books I remember were: Bunnicula, Freckle Juice, Where the Red Fern Grows, Shiloh and Little Women. I also really liked the Ramona Quimby books/series and Beverly Clearly all together. I also remember one she wrote about a little mouse....Ralph? I had many of these books at home and I read them for book reports. I remember my teacher reading Sideways Stories from Wayside School to us as a read aloud. I recently saw this book in a give away pile at school and took it home to read to my son. I often remember reading out of a large textbook and going around the room reading aloud a paragraph or a few sentences.....not so much fun. I don't remember much about reading groups, although I'm sure we had them. Jumping to high school, there were a few books I do remember b/c I loved reading them: The Count of Monte Cristo and The Great Gatsby were two of my favorites and Lord of the Flies wasn't a favorite, but it is one I remember. I guess what I'm noticing is that books I enjoyed stand out, the others faded away.
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Good to see that someone else read Little Women. My children, now in their mid 30s loved listening to me read Bunnicula to them. I don't have any real memories of reading many books in elementary school, but like you, I have a better recollection of books read in middle school, such as The Great Gatsby. My family always referred to me as the book worm, but it's funny that I can't remember many of the books I read back then. The posts and comments are giving me some incentive to help my students find good books and strategies to help them remember the important parts or at least some of the characters they meet.
ReplyDeleteBy 4th grade I remember reading the Beverly Cleary books and of course my favorite author Judy Blume!! Are You There God it's Me Margaret---I even had my daughter Molly read it. She didn't think it was as wonderful as I did.
ReplyDeleteJessica, I too had difficulty thinking back to the early elementary days. I remember my teacher reading James and the Giant Peach Tree and really liking it. I few years back I tried reading it to my son, he was about 6 at the time, and he said " can we please not read that anymore" I was shocked and asked him why and he said " they are too mean and it makes me scared". I do love hearing about all the stories his teacher reads aloud that he loves.
ReplyDeleteBunnicula jumped out at me because I was introduced to it by a preschool student! I was doing student observations at the college's preschool and this child grabbed me and told me (truly he told me) to read this book. He knew all about vampires and his father was a professor in some field that had to do with vampires! We stayed in through recess/snack/circle in a corner and I read the whole book. I've been hooked on that book for many, many years!
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