respond discussion 1 REA

Angela

The thing I remembered most about learning to comprehend what I read in grade school was reading the same passage more than once to comprehend. If I did not enjoy what I was reading, I would have to read it several times to get a full understanding of what I was reading. When I read books or passages that I liked, I was able to discuss what I read among my peers and answer any open-ended questions about the book. Overall, I believe comprehending what I read was very challenging for me because there were some books and passages that did not interest me. 

The way my teachers focused on teaching me to comprehend what I read in Social Studies was helpful to me because Social Studies was not my favorite subject. The teacher would make a game for us to make sure that we understood what we read in class together. The teacher would divide us into two different teams. We would read different chapters in class together. After, we were through reading, she would ask us questions pertaining to what we just read in class. She would count this as a group project grade. Reading together in class helped me because, it helped me to focus more on what we were reading. I liked the strategy the teacher used because it was fun. She made our learning into a game. In math class, we would be given a math problem from the math textbook. Each student would have to go to the board and work their problem out on the board and explain to everyone how they worked out the problem.

The teacher and my mother made the process of learning to read easy because what I did not fully comprehend or understood at school, my mother would help me at home. In grade school, my mother would let me order books from the Scholastic book order form that I received from school. The books that I ordered; I would have to read them to my mother. The words that I could not read in the book, my mother would make me sound the words out. I would have to look up the words that I did not know in the dictionary to know the meaning of the word. I was able to choose any of those books to do a Book Report for school. I would rate myself as an above average reader because I enjoy reading but if I would take the time and had the time to read more, I could be an excellent reader. When I am reading, I have learned to take my time reading so I will be able to comprehend and enjoy what I am reading.

Beverly

The saying that says “A picture is worth a thousand words” is what I remember most about learning to comprehend in grade school. One of the first things I learned was to look at pictures to see what was going on in the picture. When our teachers read to us, they showed us the pictures on each page as they read. Not only was this beneficial in English/reading class, this also helped