Mini Literacy Portrait Essay

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Christina Waters EDRD 445 April 24, 2011 Mini Literacy Portrait essay This year, my literacy buddy was Ronnie. Ronnie is in the second grade and he loves to read and write. I was so excited to meet Ronnie for the first time because he seemed so enthusiastic about reading and writing and he really seemed to enjoy learning. I have learned so much about Ronnie over this year and I have seen him improve in many areas. Ronnie really seemed to at the “top” of his class and everybody noticed it in our EDRD 445 class. I noticed a lot of things about Ronnie as a reader and a writer at the beginning of the year. The first part of the year, we focused mainly on reading, and the second half of the year, we focused mainly on writing. In the beginning…show more content…
I think that home visits with children and their families, supports literacy learning in the classroom and strengthens school/home partnerships. You really learn so much just from doing one home visit with a child. You not only learn things about children that you never would have known but you also learn their families and what they believe in. You get to see where the child comes from; and by knowing things like this, it can help you understand the child in the classroom more. You can also see if the children have any books at home. If you see that a child is without something, this can help you know to send books home with certain children so they are getting just as much literacy practice as another child. Also, by visiting your students’ families, it makes the children more comfortable to open up to you in writing about things they are going through. They won’t be ashamed to share something that is on their heart about their family because they know you have met their family. It makes them feel like you understand them better. I think this is great because children should always feel comfortable in the classroom to share anything with you. Home visits really help you see the children in a whole different view and makes you understand them, not only as a student better, but as a person. I would recommend doing home visits with children, as long as safety is not an issue, to any future teacher or teacher in the classroom

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