While I was reading Chapter 1, I realized that half of my elementary school years I was in a Literacy Literature classroom. For grades K- 3rd, the teachers I had believed that reading was very important in a child's life, so we would have lots of books around us. For 4th- 6th (I moved to a different district), we didn't have a class library at all. Not having a class library was a big change for me. I was used to reading when I had nothing else to do. So I had to take my own book to read. I know the teachers I had knew that reading was a very important skill to acquire to get by in life. I always wondered if they believed that, then why didn't they have a classroom library? When I was in those grades, I always thought the school would buy the books, and the school I went to was within one of the poorest districts. But then I realized that the teacher has to buy them.
As a future teacher, I want my classroom to be filled with lots and lots of books so they can read. I want to teach them to read for fun, not just because they have to. I want them to imagine what's going in the book, and get lost in it. I was looking at the pictures in the textbook, and i admire that the teacher has a lot of book. I should be collecting books already, but I just haven't and I don't know why. I know that I have to start, and I will, since I'm student teaching next semester.
My author profiles will up later on... I'm behind on these blogs already, and the semester barely started.
Don't worry about not being up on the blogs you are thinking critically about your past educational experiences and coming to some insightful realizations. Good for you. I wish you the best of luck with your student teaching.
ReplyDeleteWell, first of all, congradulations on being so close. I can't wait, I feel so proud that I have made it this far! And I feel the same about collecting books, especially since they mean so much!
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