I moved here to Amory from Passaic, New Jersey when I was 5 years old. The school year had already started and I was placed in Mrs. Haney’s kindergarten class and took speech class for my lisp. I came in march but adjusting and making friends at that age was easy; but I was learning on a total different curriculum in Passaic, which at the time focused on keeping us from discriminating against the other kids we went to school with in our widely diverse community in kindergarten and a rigorous reading program in first grade, which I did not get to attend. Kindergarten was graded on such an easy scale that it went unnoticed that I could only recognize a few words. During the summer I went to day camps at West Amory Community Center. One day we
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He made me start all the way over. He taught me new methods that helped my speech sound somewhat like English instead of a foreign language. I would read words straight from the dictionary so I could see pronunciation. After a month of small exercises and short readings I read my first book, Wocket in my Pocket, by Dr. Seuss. In the middle of July was the first time I was able to join reading day with the rest of the kids. We were in the reading circle and the counselor asked if anyone would like to read. I was the first to shoot my hand up. I bounced to the stool in the middle of the carpet. I began to read the book out loud without any help. I am sure no one understood anything I said because then my lisp made me sound like I was talking with my mouth full under water. I was so proud I could read I read that same book for a week. I still have the same book in my room on my bookshelf. It is personally my favorite book. The next year, when school started back for first grade I was in Mrs. Garth’s class. I went to the library 2 days a week, every week. I finally reached 100 book requirement need to become an accelerated reader the last day before Christmas break. We got to wear pajamas to school ad read and watch The Polar Express. I read the final eight books to reach my 100 book goal. When I came back to school in January I got my certificate, laminated accelerated reader badge, and picture in the newspaper. I remember
He made me start all the way over. He taught me new methods that helped my speech sound somewhat like English instead of a foreign language. I would read words straight from the dictionary so I could see pronunciation. After a month of small exercises and short readings I read my first book, Wocket in my Pocket, by Dr. Seuss. In the middle of July was the first time I was able to join reading day with the rest of the kids. We were in the reading circle and the counselor asked if anyone would like to read. I was the first to shoot my hand up. I bounced to the stool in the middle of the carpet. I began to read the book out loud without any help. I am sure no one understood anything I said because then my lisp made me sound like I was talking with my mouth full under water. I was so proud I could read I read that same book for a week. I still have the same book in my room on my bookshelf. It is personally my favorite book. The next year, when school started back for first grade I was in Mrs. Garth’s class. I went to the library 2 days a week, every week. I finally reached 100 book requirement need to become an accelerated reader the last day before Christmas break. We got to wear pajamas to school ad read and watch The Polar Express. I read the final eight books to reach my 100 book goal. When I came back to school in January I got my certificate, laminated accelerated reader badge, and picture in the newspaper. I remember