As I currently work with struggling readers in grades K-6, I am always trying to connect students with books that they enjoy and bring out some natural enthusiasm for reading. So often struggling readers just don't enjoy reading because it is laborious and just hard. The more excited they are about doing something, the more they will do it!
Thursday, September 28, 2017
Karie as a reader
I have tried to remember learning to read, but I only have a few hazy images. I do not remember reading groups at school at all. I vaguely remember sitting in rows and Ms. Jackson's encouraging words as I did my work. I do know that learning to read came easily to me. My strongest early memories aren't from school but are from home and reading independently. I remember reading books to my new baby brother. I remember loving Ramona Quimby / Beverly Cleary books. I was an avid reader from a young age and have always, to this day, loved series books. The longer the better! When I find a character / author / story I like, I hate to put the book down as I like to absorb myself in the story for as long as possible. I remember staying up reading as long as I could at night, feeling connected to Ramona in all of her awkwardness and foibles. My older brother was also an avid reader and I would impatiently wait for him to finish a book so that I could read it too.
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Your comment on reading series made me think back to how I loved to connect to a character and visit him/her as each book came out. The familiarity of that character's life and adventures was comforting and exciting. As a teacher when my students discovered series I loved hearing them talk about characters like old friends and the anticipation when a new book came out with those friends. The power of series is very strong. I still enjoy them as an adult (my husband and I talk about some characters as if they are old friends).
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