Well, today I finished my last big assignment for one of my lit classes. It consisted of reading 25 multicultural childrens books and creating activities that extend the book to help with their literacy development. It is a rewarding assignment, but very time consuming.
This year I had 3 different literacy classes, and those are the ones that I enjoyed and learned the most in. Reading is essential to every person, but I am always amazed at how unfamiliar some children are with literature. It seems that it should be in every house, but it isn't. It makes me appreciate my upbringing and how valued literature is in our home.
As a teacher I am hoping to instill some of the same value into literature to my students as I was so familiar with as a child. Just think, I will have that opportunity in 4 months!!!
That's funny, I completed the same assignment yesterday - of course the day before it was due. I loved reading all the multicultural children's literature. It made me so excited for sharing with my own students. I found that the literacy classes were definitely more inspiring to me than the special ed. It'll be fun to see where this fall takes us!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on being near the end!!!!!!! When I was in school these were some of my favorite classes. They really built a love of young adult literature in me. They also help me to push my own children to love literature. Now that my oldest is 11 we share his books!!!
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