When I was in the first grade I
had a wonderful teacher who read aloud to us every day. I remember clearly
sitting around on the floor and reading from different books. We read Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy
Blume and this book and this reading experience got me extremely interested in
reading. We would all lay around on the floor with half the lights out and read
a chapter every day. We did a lot of projects with this story which really showed
me how much fun reading could be. This teacher really demonstrated that read
alouds are a fantastic way for students to experience reading and this is
definitely something that I plan on incorporating into my classroom. I think
that they are such a great idea because a student is still able to enjoy a
story and reading even if they are not that great of a reader.
Being read to in this way sparked
my interest in read alouds which led me to bring this idea home. When the first
Harry Potter book came out I was in the third grade and I remember alternating
reading chapters aloud with my mom, because I was young to read the whole book
by myself. I would read a chapter to her and then she would read a chapter to
me. This experience and my experience in school were extremely important to me.
As a teacher I want to make sure that I am doing read alouds within my
classroom as well as encouraging students to do this at home with their
parents.
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