Module 8: Reading

My biggest take away from this reading was a line near the end of the article that stated, "students write best about what they know from their personal experiences." This line really stood out to me because it is something that I have always thought as well. Student's can connect much easier to a topic that they can find relatable to themselves. This is where picture books in children's literature come in. Picture books create stories and characters that young children can easily relate to. In literature, student's find characters that they can relate to themselves, their parents, their grandparents, siblings, etc. Children can find the characters in similar situations that they have in their own lives or perhaps having to make similar decisions that they have had to previously. This allows students to realize that their own experiences are "worthy of print." Students can be inspired through these picture books to want to create their own stories and read more like them. These thoughts alone are a huge takeaway from something as simple as picture books.