Megan's Reflection- Chapter Two

This chapter begins by giving the advice of making a list of goals for teaching children to read before actually beginning to teach them. This way, a teacher will be able to better focus on what she is trying to achieve with her students. The chapter goes on to explain how students can become self-improving readers. They should develop the skills of monitoring, searching, discovering, cross-checking, self-correcting, and solving. The importance of encouraging children to explore different genres is also mentioned. The section that interested me the most was Motivating Children to Love to Read. The chapter states that the texts given to students must be enjoyable and the teacher’s teaching methods should be engaging. It is important to apply these strategies at the child’s specific stage of reading, whether it be emergent, early, transitional, or fluent. I enjoyed this chapter because it specifically identified strategies for teachers to engage their students in reading in such a way that they will develop a love of it. Seeing as I do not have this passion for reading, I will definitely try to use these skills to inspire my students to enjoy reading.