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Listening to the teacher read books
In Kindergarten our teacher would get us in a circle to read picture books to us. This would help understand the words and comprehend what the teacher was reading -
Started reading for homework assignments
When I was in first grade our teacher would give as book reading assignments to help us expand our voabulary -
Reading assessments/ words per minute
A couple years into reading everyday the teacher in my third grade class graded us on the amount on words we could read per minute. -
Reading to my parents
One day each week we would have to read to our parents and they would write a report on my performance. -
AR: Testing
AR tests were reading comprehension tests that I would take after reading a book. This would be a big test in 3rd / 4th and 5th grades. -
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Reading what interests me
In the last 15 years of schooling I have discovered my favorite reading is non fiction and historical articles. I love history and civics and got into these types of readings -
Sharing individual book reports
We did book reports and we would read an summary of our book and why we chose that book. -
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Summarizing/ Annotating my reading
In late elementary school and middle school we did summaries of the reading and give our thoughts on the books. -
Started to write papers on my reading
In middle school we started reading bigger and more difficult books, we also did research papers on the books as well. -
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Advanced reading: Scholarly Articles
In high school into college we did advanced reading which included scholarly articles and annotated on those readings.
