Reading Experience: My Experience To The Read-In Session

I chose to attend the Read-In session on Thursday afternoon. I first chose a few books from the cart that looked interesting to me, and then I waited for the children to come in. Once the whole class line walked in, I picked out a few of the students and took them over to a spot for me to read. As I was walking to find a spot, I heard one of the students yell, “I want to come read with you!” I said, “Come on over; the more the merrier!” He followed us over to the corner I chose to sit. Once we sat down, I first introduced my name and had them repeat my name because sometimes it can be hard to pronounce. After that, I had them all introduce themselves, and they all told me they were in 1st grade. I had them guess what grade I was in, and only one of the students guessed that I was in college. One of them guessed 6th grade, another guessed high

One, kids this age love when you read stories to them, and they like to ask questions and get involved in the story. Two, students of different race are going to have different stories and backgrounds, and it is important to listen to everyone no matter what. I absolutely loved hearing what they had to say, and it interested me because I don’t know what any of their lives are like. They have read that story a hundred times, where I haven’t even read it once. They knew what was going to happen, and they told stories about themselves based on the story we were reading. I think this experience was definitely valuable to me as a future educator because I got to work with different backgrounds of people. Every teacher is going to work with different races, and I think just having this experience gives you practice for that. I also thought that it was good practice for me because it gave me a feel of what 1st graders would be like. I truly think I could see myself with that age group or a little bit older. It was certainly worth the time, and I am really glad I chose to do