Tuesday, November 10, 2015
Lindsey Craig- October Share your Reading Life
Sharing my reading life is something I have always found difficult. I will be the first to admit I have not always loved reading nor enjoyed it. When I was in school I was the struggling reader, the picture looker, the big book picker, and the overlooked student. Because of this when it was time to read and essential to read I did not know how to nor did I find it fun. When I began college I knew if I was going to be a teacher I was going to have to began to love reading or become a great faker (which I was great at in college due to years of experience) :). It was not until my senior year I realized I was going to make my negative experience a learning experience for my students. No, I don't start off the year telling students why I love to read and or the books I am currently reading, as the article suggest. I began my telling my students my story and how I learned from my story but more importantly everything I missed out on! Then I began to share my personal library and how I record interesting things I find!! Most importantly how much I now LOVE to read! :) This was a great article to help motivate adult readers along with our students!
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Lindsey, what a great personal story, and how thoughtful it is that you are willing to share it with your students. You are such a great role model for them in their reading lives. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteThis was great to read because sometimes I forget that some people don't grow up with a love for reading like I did. I think sometimes I expect my students to love reading just because I always did as a child, and it's helpful to remember that sometimes it takes a while to get to that point. :) Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteHi Lindsey,
ReplyDeleteI appreciate you sharing your journey story as a reader and even more so, I appreciate how you share it with your students to motivate them to want to read and to not miss out on great books. Were there any strategies Routman shared in this chapter for encouraging us to share our reading that you want to implement? She shared some great ones! Let me know your favorites. Thanks, Dawn