Blog post 2- Addison Mathes
Blog Post 2 Addison Mathes Blog 2 Question: How does the classroom environment influence early literacy development? For me personally, I believe that classroom environment plays a huge role in literacy development because when I was a student between the ages of K-3rd, I would get scared to speak up whatsoever and especially if I was in a classroom enviornment where I was made to feel stupid or embarassed if I did not know a word, or if I did not do the reading from the night before or even if I had questions. I actually was very behind when it came to reading. I was always in the lowest reading group, my comprehension skills were not great, and on top of that, I had no confidence. Because of this, I started to hate the idea of reading completely and stopped trying. Eventually, I had an amazing fourth-grade teacher who worked with me so much and did not make me feel stupid if I did not know a word, couldn't spell, or comprehend what it was I was reading- she was so...
