Literacy Narrative

Literacy Narrative

         

          When I first started to learn how to read, I was in Miss Lazar’s first grade class.  Learning how to read was a big struggle for me.  I can remember sitting on my couch in my living room reading little sentences off of a paper I had gotten in class.  My mom sat next to me and helped me sound out each word and taking me though each slowly, but it was very difficult for me and I would get very frustrated every time I couldn’t figure out a word.  For all of my friends, reading came so easily to them.  I didn’t understand why I was the only one having trouble with it.  Looking back, I now realize I was probably not the only one having a hard time, but as a seven year old, I felt like I was. 

          I ended up having to take special reading sessions with the reading tutor.  I would leave the class room for an hour each day to go with the tutor.  We would go over words and sentences slowly so I could understand better.  In the classroom the pace was just to fast for me to be able to comprehend what I needed to be able to read like a normal first grader.  She helped me to figure out how to read and encouraged me to get better.  At the end of the first grade I was at the reading level that all the other students were at.  My parents were also a big help and influenced me tremendously to keep trying and to never give up when I got frustrated.  They always sat down with me to read and would always read to me before bed.  Overall, reading was a real struggle for me, but I got through it thanks to my great teachers and parents.