Literacy Observation Of Silent Reading Books

Mia is a fun-loving six-year-old girl and is in kindergarten. During my literacy observation with her, we read Mr. Jones and Mr. Bones by Janis Asad Raabe and The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. Mr. Jones and Mr. Bones is an assigned phonics reader which will improve her consonant vowel consonant words and sight word memorization. While reading, Mr. Jones and Mr. Bones, Mia became frustrated with the unfamiliar words such as “bites, dines, ties, etc.” She was focused on finishing the book and asked very few questions. One of Mia’s favorite books is The Very Hungry Caterpillar, which we read together. She had difficulty focusing on the story because she had heard and read this story many times before. She would flip the pages before I finished or held onto …show more content…
Students are often assigned books and weekly reading logs which will lead to students disliking reading. For example, Mia only reads assigned books, and her mother will force her to read. Allowing children to choose their books and having more options will make them enjoy reading. Having silent reading in the classroom is a way for students to read different books and the teacher should also participate in silent reading. Children learn by example, if they see the teacher read, he/she will be encouraged to start reading. Developing a classroom library with different genres of books, cultures, and ethnicity is important because children are often reading books that are not relatable to themselves. Mia was extremely focused on reading Mr. Jones and Mr. Goat but was not paying attention to the illustrations. Applying the whole book approach will help future students enjoy reading because students will not only read the words but analyze the illustrations and understand the story better. When using the whole book approach children will explore their