How I Started Reading

In kindergarten, I loved to read.  One day, my mom got a call from my kindergarten teacher, Mrs. Spielman.  She told my mom that she was putting together a small advanced reading group to go with a special teacher, and she wanted to know if it was ok if I was in it.   My mom said yes, and I was really excited about it until I realized that Richard wasn’t going to be in the group. The next day when it was time for reading, I went with about 4 other people to a separate reading classroom with Mrs. Weinstein, the reading specialist.  I didn’t really know what to expect, so I was a little nervous, but we read a small but really good book about a dog.  That ended up being my favorite part of the day all the way through second grade.  We read so many good books that other people in my grade didn’t get to read.  My favorite was when we had a whole unit on Greek mythology in second grade.   We read lots of different genres that I had never read before, and it really inspired me to read more and taught me how to enjoy what I was reading without just deciphering the words.  Mrs. Weinstein taught me how to enjoy what I was reading without just deciphering the words, and I started getting so into the books that I felt like I was a part of the story. I worked hard so that I could stay in that class.  I think that this class was the reason that I love reading so much today.