What makes me a reader?

*I read children's books, textbooks/educational articles for class, and magazines (Parent, All You, Better Homes and Garden, etc.).

*I am not able to read for fun as much as I use to but am hoping I can get back on track reading for fun. I like reading popular novels or best sellers. I always read children's book for fun to bring out the kid in me.

*I enjoy reading magazines about parenting, recipes, home living, and entertainment.

*Like most of our students, I avoid reading texts that are too hard for me or of little interest (business, political, etc.)

*I enjoying reading on the couch or in my bed. I like to cozy up to a good book. Outdoor reading is something I also enjoy (at the beach/pool, on a blanket under a shade tree, etc.)

*I read late at night, during my daughter's naps, and sometimes early in the morning. I have to have it very quiet if I am reading something for a class but not as much if it is for enjoyment.

*One of the most important people I read to besides my students is my daughter Mia because I know how beneficial it will be for her once she enters school and I enjoy the one on one time I have with her while we read. I read to my students at school on a daily basis and multiple times a day. I read for the professors of my graduate classes and principal at my school if he gives us articles or texts to read.

*My earliest reading memory is that I always enjoyed looking at books and even comics out of my mamaw's sunday papers.

*I do not really remember how I learned to read. My first grade teacher, Mrs. Mantooth, taught me how to read and she was a great reading teacher. She always made reading fun so that is probably why I did not realize I was really learning how to read. I think our reading program was more of reading by sight with a little phonics added in.