Wow what a great read! I loved the first five chapters in the textbook. Based on the information that Tovani wrote about, I was able to reflect and understand myself as a reader and also understand my boyfriend as a reader too. As readers, we are both opposites. Kris is definitely a word decoder in everything he reads, and I am a more advanced reader where I subconsciously apply reading strategies that help me with my comprehension. However, I realized that when it comes to college textbooks, I am definitely a word decoder. I realize now that this happens to me because I have hardly been told what my purpose for reading is. As a result, little comprehension happens with college textbooks.
Over all five chapters, I really liked the real world examples Tovani gave of her students because she was able to write about how she answered their questions and help alleviate their uneasiness with reading. I definitely highlighted the different reading strategies for when comprehension fails. It never dawned on me until reading this book, that there are deeper processes for comprehension instead of just rereading a confusing portion. This textbook is great because even though Tovani is giving suggestions to help students, the points she makes allow me to reflect about myself as a reader, and if I can better understand how I read for comprehension, then I will be a better asset to my students. However, the thing that will stick with me the most out of the first five chapters, is that reading is not word decoding, and comprehension cannot happen if a person is a word decoder. Reading is an intricate process that requires a lot more from the reader than simply sounding out words.
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