My experiences with reading instruction from kindergarten through second grade rapidly change. When I first looked at this assignment, nothing sparked about reading instruction when I was younger. When I mentioned to my mother that I had to complete this assignment she surprising had most of my work from elementary school. In kindergarten, throughout the year I completed an ABC book. We worked on this book since we started the study of the alphabet at the beginning of the year. Each week we wrote the letter, pasted in the homework pictures and made something special for that letter. Once I saw this book I remembered sharing it with my mother once I brought it home. I tried to read the songs on each sheet by pointing to the words and looking at the pictures.
In first grade, we started learning about beginning blends and sounding out words more accurately. During the morning circle, my teacher would read a book to the class and we would have to discuss what happened throughout the book. Sometimes she made us draw pictures of significant points in the book and compare the picture to the text displayed in the book. She also assigned us reading every night; sometimes books that we didn’t always enjoy. Now looking back at this memory, I believe that it was probably a good thing that she assigned us books that were not always enjoyable . It teaches individuals life lessons that throughout education a person will not always like what the teacher assigns.
In second grade, I remembering having a word wall and having to reference the wall throughout the day. At the beginning of the year, my teacher would have us read independently. Once the year went on we would read in smaller groups and then sometimes to the whole class during circle time. When I was little, I wasn’t always confident in my reading and writing skills so this task was nerve-racking to me. We would have to ask the class questions about the reading and make predictions on what is going to happen. All of these tasks would take me a little bit to think of and did not come to me right away. This made me lack confidence in my reading ability. I was also expected to read directions on a worksheet and follow them accordingly.