Out Of My Mind Analysis

I thoroughly enjoyed reading Out of My Mind. I have recommended to colleagues, friends, and my teenage daughter. This book made you go through so many emotions and it just made me think. I have contemplated reading in my 3rd grade class, but I am not sure if it would be too deep for them. I would like other opinions on this. I feel that older grades would enjoy this story and it could be a wonderful way discussion starter for teachers. We aren’t all the same. Everyone has feelings. You need to get to people and don’t just go by first impressions. As I was reading this book, I kept thinking about a student that I have in my class this year. He has brain damage from an illness when he was two years old. As a result, he has apraxia, poor fine and gross motor skills, he has a difficult time socializing, and he has a difficult time focusing and staying on task. When he came into my class, I didn’t know him except for seeing him in school last year and reading over his medical file and IEP. As I got to know him, I saw an intelligent, silly, and frustrated boy. I had a support meeting for him with the principal, parent, math, and reading specialist, speech therapist, school counselor, and the principal. We worked together to create a plan that would best serve him this year. I have a follow up next month and I can’t wait to share the strides he has made. I know that many people look at this child and only see …show more content…
She can finally tell her parents that she loves them, she can express her needs and wants, she can let people know how smart she really is, yet people still didn’t see who she truly was. Throughout this book Melody just wanted to be like everyone else. She would get little glimpse of being just a “regular’ girl, and then it would be taken from her. She got her say at the end of the book, but deep down you know that it will never change for