EDRG 3321 Chapter 3 Blog
Understanding What We Read
As I was reading chapter 3 of the text book, I was trying to remember my reading background and how it got started. I do not care to read unless I have to and going back I remember being forced to read certain things in school. I was only allowed certain kind of books which I thought were boring and useless to me. As I have grown up I have made sure that I don’t do that to my daughter. From day one with her in my tummy I read to her every night and continued that as she was a young child. Until, now when she reads to me every night. She loves to read which I am very grateful for that. I believe that has to do with giving her an option to pick and choose what she likes. Also, I would do some of the strategies that are in the book with her as well. For example, we would do the sketch-to-sketch activity. After, the child reads a certain book they then draw a picture of what they interpreted of that book. Another, strategy is the cosmic strips which I had never heard of and love. You take a piece of paper and fold it into four frames and draw four consecutive scenes from the book. This is a good comprehension technique to see if your students are comprehending what they are reading and its fun for them.
Why we read? Why not? It expands the child’s vocabulary and the understanding of so many things in life. You can have a book on manners, being respectful to others and so on and that child will learn from that book and be able to apply it to the child’s life.
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I did the same thing as you and tried to look back on my childhood and school. I don't really remember having a large variety of books to choose from. I do remember having a small library of books in some classes in which none ever seemed interesting to me. I would consider most of my childhood school reading as efferent. Luckily, my mother would take me to the library on the weekends, which allowed me to get some aesthetic reading in. With my oldest son, I let him pick out a book for me to read for naptime and night time. Sometimes, I will tell him to 'read' me the book. He will tell me the story according to the pictures that he sees. This obviously doesn't help him to read, but I think it helps him to use focus in on thinking about what is happening by studying the pictures.
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