Do you remember when you first learned how to really read? Not when you learned how to read Jack and Jill, in Kindergarten, but how to read books like, The Magic Treehouse. Books, which required you to think, breakdown words, and made you use correct reading fluency. Do you remember the three categories kids fell under, when you first learning how to read?
The first group of kids were the smart ones, the ones who always raised their hands in class, the ones who knew what they were doing, reading a twenty paged book to them was a breeze. Then there were the kids who had some difficulty, most average kids, but they could put on their brave faces and power through reading a book. Least but not last, the third group of kids, the ones who had absolutely
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Every day after school she would work with me, using flashcards, workbooks, and worksheets. At first I did not want to study the long list of words, I was expected to know. But then my Grandmother added prizes to the equation. I was all in.
She would spend hours teaching me things, which to other kids seemed really easy. My Grandmother was the one who taught me two O’s together, make the ‘oo’ sound and how to sound out and breakdown really, really big words like “dictionary.” She was the one who taught me reading is fun, and a book can take you to a whole other world.
When I got my first smiley face on a reading assignment, I was ecstatic. It seemed surreal to me, and I did not actually believe I did it until my Mom hung the paper up on our refrigerator. I remember taking the paper down from the refrigerator and then telling my Mom, I should give it to my Grandmother, because “She was the one who helped me, not the refrigerator.”
After that first smiley face, I was gone. I became addicted to reading. I just could not get enough of it. I wanted more gold stars and smiley faces. I wanted to cover my Grandmother’s and my refrigerator’s with papers I got a good grade
I joined Avid, because I knew it would help in college.Joining AVID in high school helped prepare me for college readiness and success in life. If i hadn’t joined avid i would be walking out of high school clueless to what to do next. I believed the program would have me better prepared for life after high school. Avid provides you with everything you need to know about college, and the skills needed to succeed in it.
As a little girl I remember going Morrel mushroom hunting with my maternal grandparents and cousins at my great-grandmothers property. My great-grandmother raised sheep until she was 86 years old and the family had to sell them for her safety. She was crawling across the road in the winter to care for them. I remember her always heaving at least one “bottle baby” in the house every year; the grand kids loved to help her feed them. I always loved going to her house on the weekend and making molasses cookies with her and drinking hot
She was the one who showed me all of the nice things you could see if you looked at things a certain way, she taught me how to laugh and how to be a kind and understanding person and when I was younger I thought she was the best that she could do no wrong but everyone does make mistakes and she also showed me that it was okay to make them and by making mistakes you learn what not to do next time.
When I was younger, my mother taught me quite a bit about the world and how it worked.
Equally, my paternal grandmother taught me about my Italian heritage. She would cook specialties from Sicily and tell me stories of her homeland. Likewise, my grandmother made sure I appreciated Sicilian traditions, superstitions, and the language. I am grateful to both my grandparents for exposing me to their cultures.
Grandma beat me in Monopoly every time--her iron got all the good properties. She taught me how to cross stitch. She let my sister and I have a fashion show using all of her clothes and accessories.
She paid attention to us she played with us. She taught us right from wrong, she loved us as her own. She would read books to us and one time we had a food fight in the kitchen so it was so fun. One time we painted my dad’s nails and he went to work like that it was pretty funny.
When I started first grade, I finally started to appreciate some of my mother’s work. At the beginning of the year, everyone had to take a reading level test, and I ranked the highest among my classmates. I flexed my reading skills before everyone. I volunteered to read during class. I read to my parents, to my grandparents, to my dog.
She led a tremendously successful career all while raising a family on her own. My grandma taught me what it means to be a strong woman and how to conquer anything even if it may seem insurmountable. That is why when she was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease it was hard for anyone in our family, including her, to see what was
Wein’s novel Code Name Verity. At first, we see nothing matters to the main character, Verity. If nothing matters why do anything at all? This is the question that Verity(Julia) wrestled with in the book Code Name Verity. The story follows the main character, a British spy by the code name of Verity, after she is captured by the Nazis during the war.
We moved closer to her once I started school. My Grandma met my brother and me almost always once we got home from school. It was always welcoming to have a friendly face when you got home. She taught me how to read and write and once I was able to read she dedicated numerous books to me that she always recommended and had such a vivid story. On hot summer days she would take us to the beach and play in the water and sand, or have a great time running around on the park, or just going there to enjoy a nice picnic. We had such a long walk to our front door of numerous winding steps and she came up with a game to play down them. We called ...
“Parents can only give good advice or put (us) on the right path, the final forming of a person’s character lies in (our) own hands.” Anne Frank. Thirteen years ago, I made a significant decision which highlighted a character trait, resulting in an important life lesson. A dusty, red classic 1968 Austin Healey Sprite was too tempting for my six year old hands. Being in the phase where I decorated everything including my school papers with hearts over my “I’s” and with smiley faces, the blank canvas of the right rear fender called to me. In a moment of weakness and finding myself alone in the garage of my childhood home, I succumbed to the temptation. Watching my finger create a bright red smiley face brought a devious amount of pleasure.
She could explain anything to me and I would understand straight away. She helped a lot for my education and always was there to help. My parents knew that she could teach me and show how hard it is these days and how hard I should work. That is why they always made sure I saw her enough but it never was for me.
My grandmother has always been my biggest supporter throughout my life. My Grandmother is my back bone; she is the reason why I am the person that I am today. Most people hear the word grandmother and expect to see older lady with possible white hair, standing in the kitchen cooking and baking, evening sewing. My grandmother is the exact opposite of those things, she is still employed full time, enjoys making jewelry and furniture. Although she is only five two she is very witted and outspoken she never bites her tongue and will always give her opinion even if you don’t ask for it. There is a softer side to her, she will give you her last and be a listening ear day or night. Like the saying goes “to know me is to love me” and believe me
Literature has an enormous impact on a child’s development during the early years of his or her life. It is important for parents and teachers to instill a love of reading in children while they are still young and impressionable. They are very naive and trusting because they are just beginning to develop their own thoughts, so they will believe anything they read (Lesnik, 1998). This is why it is so important to give them literature that will have a positive impact. Literature can make children more loving, intelligent and open minded because reading books gives them a much wider perspective on the world. Through reading, children’s behavior can be changed, modified or extended, which is why books are so influential in children’s lives while they are young (Hunt, 1998). Literature has the power to affect many aspects of a child’s life and shapes their future adult life.