Reflection on Reading and Responding...

I am really enjoying Reading and Responding so far. It’s so fun going to the library to check out children’s books. It’s a nice break from long textbooks and articles. It has been helpful reading books and getting a feeling for what a good children’s book is, from what isn’t. I’ve really gotten good at analyzing books from the weekly blogs over books. Although it’s fun going to the library to check out books, it is always overwhelming at times. There are so many books to choose from and I feel like I don’t know what to pick. We have a lot of freedom to pick what we want and I think that’s what makes it so hard for me. I’m not used to having no guidance or guidelines. We have a lot of assigned children’s novels to read but I wish we had more assigned children’s books because I think I have picked a lot of books but they are more recent and I want to know what other people suggest or even teacher recommendations. There are just so much out there that it would be nice to have it narrowed down a little bit perhaps. I want to be an early elementary teacher so I will be doing a lot of read a loud and have to have a lot of picture books in my classroom of all sorts. I think there are a lot of classic picture books out there that I am forgetting about since I have been in elementary school. I also wish we had more of a chance to talk about what pictures books we read that week and what we liked and didn’t like. I feel that the class has a lot to say and a good help for advising on what to read.
I love doing the blogs. I think it is an awesome way to make reflecting about the books fun and interesting, rather than the basic summary and what we could do with the book.
All in all, I really like the class and have learned a lot and had a lot of fun reading, relaxing and reflecting!