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Reading 101 How I learned to read was by my mother who would read Dr. Seuss books. I would listen to her read the books and look at the pictures to help me understand what she was saying to me. We kept working and working learning how to read before kindergarten. We would read about every night when she got off work to help me. Entering kindergarten, I learned how to read a little from my mom teaching me. My teacher that help me read even more was named Ms. Miller. Some kids went to school half days and I went full days that help me a lot with reading. By doing this I was starting to read better than I did before I went into school. I got better and better as the school†¦show more content†¦I was reading more fluently and had less trouble with my words. My fifth-grade teacher help me to get where I was when I went into the sixth grade. The reason that I had extra help form my teachers is that reading is not one of my strong points in life. It was always had an impact in what I did ever since when I was a little kid staring out in trying to read. Reading and I have always had problems but, the help got when I was in school helped me to become the awesome reader that I am today. We would always have exercises to help my mind and to grow and learn. With reading I would all so make flash cards with some of the key words in the chapters that were to hard for me to understand. I would practice these words with the flash cards then after I study them. I would go back to the book I was reading and reread the chapter that had the bigger words in them to make sure that I understand them. I did this all the way up until i was in the 8th grade I hated reading growing up but the more I worked with it the more I liked to read. I started reading shipwreck books and underwater history. These books are my favorite to read at all times. I started to read more of them when I got into high school and learned more bout ships and the wreaks of the open ocean. These books got my interest and I can not stop reading them about the ocean and everything that’s deep under the waves. In my opinion people don’t like to read because they don’t know what interests them.Show MoreRelatedReflection About Reading And Reflection1090 Words   |  5 Pageseyes and felt annoyed. Even though English as my favorite subject in high school, my favorite part of English was the reading aspect; I have always loathed the writing portion of English. My expectations in this class was I was going to write about a whole bunch of nonsense and hope to pass. But after participating in this course my expectations were thrown out the window. Reading became analyzing, writing became developing ideas and concepts, researching involved databases instead of google searchesRead MoreReflection Of Reading1532 Words   |  7 Pagesunderstanding. 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