I have never been able to remember the details of learning to read or the type of reader I was. What I do remember is being read to by my mom and reading to my mom. The books I read with her are still favorites to this day. In fact, most of them I read to my 4th graders. I always tell them it was a favorite when I was growing up so I choose these books because I like them and I am comfortable with them.
The one thing I remember that is reading related from 4th grade is doing group research projects on countries around the world. I remember there being a lot of reading involved in the research. It was obviously nonfiction and I was very interested in it. Since then I have loved reading nonfiction, specifically about other cultures and places in the world. Those research projects hooked me into reading nonfiction.
Kristina- I love that you enjoyed research projects! I was always very into researching different topics and learning as much as I possibly could about a subject. I also feel that many of my childhood reading memories have to do with different projects assigned to me! Thanks for reminding me of that!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the reminder of reading non-fiction. I didn't even think of it until I read your post. In fifth grade, we had to do research reports on a chosen state. I chose (or maybe it was assigned) Alabama and still remember the state flower, a lovely pink camilla. Most of our research was found in encyclopedias at that time. I also remember researching and reading non-fiction texts about sea urchins! It's crazy that I remember those two random subjects some 50 years later. Obviously, it makes an impression on young minds which should be an encouragement to us.
ReplyDeleteThis made me remember a fourth grade research project I did on ocelots. We got to choose an animal and I was fascinated by ocelots. At the time it was legal to own them as pets. I wanted one so bad. Glad that didn't happen! It was a memorable assignment because it was so personal. I'm glad the teacher didn't assign a random animal. A lot of time reading the encyclopedia.
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