At home his parents are not much of big readers, he said his dad does not do much reading unless it is on Facebook, this made me chuckle. His mom has a kindle and reads during her free time. Whenever I asked him if he considered himself to be a good reader he said, “Yes I do because I read the most books in my class!” He also stated how he remembered back in lower grades he would be sent home with a short story and had to see how many words he could read in one minute and he would always get a high amount of words so that indicated to him that he was a pretty good reader. He also mentioned how AR test are something that really encourages him throughout the year to keep reading. When I asked him if he thought reading was important he said “Yes because without reading you wouldn’t know how to do a lot of things. Some people may not realize it, but reading is something we do every day.” He then began to tell me things we read daily such as text messages, road signs, fast food menus, and many
At home his parents are not much of big readers, he said his dad does not do much reading unless it is on Facebook, this made me chuckle. His mom has a kindle and reads during her free time. Whenever I asked him if he considered himself to be a good reader he said, “Yes I do because I read the most books in my class!” He also stated how he remembered back in lower grades he would be sent home with a short story and had to see how many words he could read in one minute and he would always get a high amount of words so that indicated to him that he was a pretty good reader. He also mentioned how AR test are something that really encourages him throughout the year to keep reading. When I asked him if he thought reading was important he said “Yes because without reading you wouldn’t know how to do a lot of things. Some people may not realize it, but reading is something we do every day.” He then began to tell me things we read daily such as text messages, road signs, fast food menus, and many