Story Time : A Short Story

It would be a story that was passed down from the family, one she made up, or a book that she got off of the bookshelf. Dr. Seuss, Clifford The Big Red Dog any children’s book we had. Looking back on it there was all ways a moral to a story that she read to me. There was never a time that you couldn’t take a good value away from one of the stories. As I moved up in grade level the books started to become deeper and deeper. Throughout school there was always something to read. There was “Dr. Seuss” in elementary school, “The Diary of Anne Frank” in middle school, and “Romeo and Juliet” in high school, Literacy was all ways present in my school life. Throughout all the book reports, and the note taking and analyzing of Shakespeare literature there is without a doubt that my literacy knowledge has grown thanks to learning I have done in school. I feel that we learn to read and write because we have that desire inside to want to succeed and we know that it all starts here with learning to read and write. With all of that being said I say the way in which my literacy skills have developed to this point all started with bedtime stories. I think that this was the first start in most kids life and this is where we learn the basics. A book full of words in which we thought were just pictures and symbols with no meaning to them at all. Soon we learned that words did have meanings and that

The learning activity chosen is for year 3 students, having the children chose a book they have read and enjoyed and get them to write up a book report detailing the Main characters, what happens at the start of the book, middle of the book and at the end along with the child’s personal connection with the book, what they think may happen to the characters after the story has finished and if they like the book or not and if they would recommend it to others. They will need to use the form provided to describe the main characters in the books and give an overview of what happens in the start, middle and end of the book. The children will also be required to explore the personal connection they have with the book and what they thought of the

Mrs. Stangenes, my third grade teacher at Oak Ridge Elementary, assigned our class to read the novel, “Bud Not Buddy” by Christopher Curtis, but you see the thing is I had absolutely no intentions of reading the book. During class time, I felt exhausted with the fact that we were always having independent reading time with our books, and I was extremely bored by the whole idea,. So, Mrs. Stangenes would walk around the classroom to the various areas

One of my favorite and earliest memories of reading, is when my mom used to read to my little brother and I before bedtime when we were very young. My absolute favorite was Bears in the Night by Stan and Jan Bernstein. Eventually when I got older, a book a night was not satisfying me. Soon I read all the books on the book shelf. Spending hours in my room reading was my idea of “fun”. Going back to elementary school, I would check out about

Thinking back, it causes wonder why none of the teachers ever assigned an actual book to read. And if they did, it was obviously so unimpressive that there is no memory of it happening. There were trips down the hall to the library, but interest was limited to finding a quiet spot to fade away from everyone else.

“The more that you read, the more things you will know, the more that you learn the more places you’ll go,” says the famous author Dr. Seuss. In today’s culture though, many children spend great amounts of time staring at their personal devices or watching television. Children do not realize that reading provides a form of entertainment that proves not only educational but fun, too. Providing an exciting way to learn, books offer better entertainment than a movie, since books last longer than a movie because reading takes longer, as a result of this, they give more detail. Also, books grow the reader’s imagination because they allow the reader to envision the setting themselves. Whether through fairy tales, historical

Something set this second grader off from everyone in her class. It wasn’t just because she was the only one who liked broccoli amongst her peers, no. What made her stick out like a red dot in a canvas of black was the fact that she absolutely loved reading. Even her teacher was shocked. And it wasn’t just National Geographic Kids magazines or Pinkalicious picture books that built up her imagination. Her shelves were decked with books ranging from the anatomy of a frog to the seven books of the Chronicles of Narnia, to the gory series of The Hunger Games. Whatever she picked up she couldn’t put down, and whatever she couldn’t finish in class she’d try to steal, but to no avail.

After I planned the shared reading portion of the lesson, I planned a short writing activity where my student would have the opportunity to write down the three main events from the story.

When we’re little, our imaginations run free. We tell crazy stories, play with imaginary friends, and say everything that comes to mind. As a kid, reading everyday really boosted my creativity when it came to things like that.

The hand me down recliner in our seemingly empty living room had become my favorite place to be in the world. I became extremely comfortable with the idea of being read to. Although my brother tried his hand at reading, I was firm on being the one to listen. The idea of hearing the story read aloud and creating something in my head to go along with the reader’s words was appealing to me. At this point, my mother was no longer the one pushing for story-time, I had taken on that role. I remember the house being filled with children’s books and more were constantly coming in. Friends and family would come by simply to drop off overstuffed cardboard boxes full of books

The first memories I have as a child are of my mother reading to my brother, father and me. She and my father would sit in the small pale yellow hall outside my brother’s and my bedroom doors and in a modulated voice begin story after story. The tales started out with small books. Some of my favorites were “The Best Loved Doll” by Rebecca Caudill and “A Wrinkle in Time” by Madeleine L'Engle. As time advanced the books became longer and more challenging, to the point where I would sometimes have to stop and ask my mother what a word meant. In this way my parents were able to teach my brother and me as well as create family time after returning home late because of work. Time and pages seemed to fly by until we were reading the

The curriculum for reading with a group of second grade students is, teaching the students how to interact with the text by asking questions and answering those questions. Having the students learn how to ask “who, what, when, where, why, and how” is the first step for new readers to understand what they are reading. The students are learning how to pick out the key ideas and details within the story to help fully understand the concept and meaning behind the writers words. Students need to be able to describe what they are reading and pay attention to the story’s plot. Second grade students now have the ability to understand the reason behind the characters actions within the stories that they read. This short story in particular serves the purpose of learning how to pick out the key ideas and details for new readers.

When I was little, my parents never told me stories. They never bought me a book to read. They never taught me how to read. Nepalese parents often told their children to relinquish their hopes and dreams and marry someone wealthy. They told us reading was a detriment for young ladies. Growing up, I was dissident. I wanted to have my own life before I became someone else’s wife. There wasn’t any preschools in Nepal so I had to go to a nursery school. I was different from everyone. While the other gregarious students liked lunchtime and recess, I wanted to hear stories. I was never really dexterous when it came to playing sports during recess. Instead, I used to politely asked the teachers to read me many fascinating stories. I learned about “The Three Little Pigs,” “Snow White,” and “Jack And The Beanstalk” I was always interested in fairy tales. The little library at our little nursery school had many children’s books. I still remember the first book I ever picked up and read.

In my earliest memories, I recall my parents reading me different stories such as Goodnight Moon and The Moral Compass. They encouraged me to read even before I began school. When I finally started school, I was an advanced reader, and I have been one ever since. Even though I was an advanced reader, my teachers would force me to read short, boring books that did not give me what I craved: adventure. The mundane books I was assigned to read caused me to resent reading for a while, but in third grade, I came across a series that quenched my thirst for adventure and challenged me as a reader. J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series taught me to love reading and learning.

Young children are like sponges; they absorb information like a sponge absorbs water. It is essential for them to be emerged in an environment in which they can absorb positive information so that one day they can become contributing members of our society and have a better future. For this reason, there is a pronounced importance on providing enriching environments for children to learn and develop appropriately. One of the ways that this can be achieved is through a literacy rich environment specifically with the use of story reading and storytelling.