I am not sure how often I was read to, but I do not think it was too often. ... I know we read from the same textbooks as the rest of the class, but I"m sure we received more attention from our teacher. ... Since then I consider myself a pretty slow reader. ... That is how I got through college, of course my grades could have been better, but I made it. ... On the weekend's, I"m trying to catch up with homework, friends, girlfriend and so forth. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

How did the church help develop and understand literacy? ... This is what started her on her journey of becoming a more Christ-like Christian, becoming a better reader and a writer. ... "My parents definitely encouraged me to read my Bible, but that wasn't how I learned how to write. ... He never really paid attention in school so he had to catch up one way or another so his mother started giving him lessons and teaching him through the bible. ... "Definitely, because throughout all the recent activities I mentioned earlier, that's how I learned how to write and read as a kid " (Rien...

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• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Philosophers have played an important role in helping us understand how children develop not only through their childhood but also in their learning and education. ... There are many theorists that have had views on how children develop their speech, writing and reading. ... She presented me her reader and she had already read 90 books for the year to date. ... In Vygotskian terms, 'it's teaching slightly in advance of development and then being there to catch the child if they can't stretch sufficiently to reach that level of capacity or competence' (Luke, 2011). ... Th...

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