Can You Teach Me How To Read This Book

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"Can you teach me how to read this book big sister?" As I was walking through the laundry room door into my lukewarm, sweet smelling, and earsplitting house that is when I hear my five year old brother, Joshua, asking me from the kitchen to teach him how to read a new book he just received from his school. Feeling really worn-out from a hard day of tennis practice and an extensive day of school. I enter the kitchen and saw my mom was making dinner, she overheard him ask me and looked over at me and told me to teach him and help him for a slim time, waiting for dinner to be done. Rolling my eyes as well as giving attitude and wanted to say no, but I took a breath and did it anyways. I grasped his cute petite hand, in addition to the new book …show more content…

I told him to read the title again and he read it well, then it was the first page and he sounded out the word “the” and he got it. Next was the word “monster” he was sounding it out but he wasn’t getting it, so I took a deep breath and I told him to look at the picture. He said it was a monster so we looked at the word again sounded it out and he got it! He put the book down and got up and squeezed me so tight and he told me “Thank you Megan!” I gave him a hug and told him, “You're welcome.” I got the book again and we kept reading the book till the end. I was so proud of him at the end of the book I told him, “I always will help you and teach you if you ask me!” He said, “Thank you and I will do that.” Now from time to time I watch him read books on his own and I see how smart he has become and I see that he doesn’t go out and play anymore. I always tell him, “Go out and play I know you are tired of reading the same books.” Some of the books are getting too easy for him. He needs to start reading longer books.I tell him to sometimes go play with playdough or his nerf guns because he will get tired of reading. I tell him that when he is my age he’ll hate reading. So for now to take it easy and have some fun, because soon reading will not be fun, it will be torture. He is now back to being a normal five year old who just plays with playdough and shoot nerf

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