#3of8

Next, I feel it is important to mention Emily, my sister. Up until about the age of 9 I loved reading, but so did Emily.  When I say that I loved reading, that’s nothing compared to her.  Emily was obsessed and would never not have a book in her hand.  She would often get scolded to go play because she was always just reading.

In elementary school, around kindergarten, I started to struggle with reading. I wasn’t at the reading level I should be at and I wasn’t particularly good at reading out loud either. So this is where my second literacy sponsor comes in: summer school. From about kindergarten to third grade I went to summer school to help get my reading level up. Even though I did get books every month and enjoyed reading, the reading level I should be at wasn’t there. I remember not particularly enjoying going to summer school because I never understood why I had to go but other kids in my grade didn’t. Luckily they helped make it fun and more enjoyable. Summer school didn’t last all day, it was just for half the day in the morning. While I was there, they mainly helped me with sight words, such as “like” and, “is”, “for”, “in”, and “out”, which are all the words needed to form sentences. I was a very quiet child and that caused a lot of the issues. I never talked so I never worked on forming sentences out loud. My teachers were worried I wasn’t absorbing enough of what they were teaching so summer school and getting extra reading help was suggested. Luckily, this really helped and eventually in third grade, my teacher said I didn’t need anymore summer school or any extra learning programs. I remember vividly being so excited that I didn’t have to go anymore. I was so happy that I didn’t have to go to school in the summer and didn’t have to go to anymore extra classes.