Subjects Matter

For one of our Readings, we were to read the book subjects matter. I found this book to be very interesting. I have to teach all 7 subjects this year in my fourth grade classroom. One subject that I have to teach is Reading. It is very hard to teach this subject for two reasons. The first is that for some students they dread reading. I remember when i was a little girl and had to read i would get so nervous and would not want to participate in anything. The second reason is because t is hard to find a book that every time will like. So, it took much work to think of a good book to start the year with. I finally decided on Because of Winn Dixie. Its story line was about a little girl around the same age as my students. A way that i decided to make reading more fun was to have a Winn Dixie party day like they had in the book. The students could bring a stuffed animal like it was their pet. The students loved doing this and it allowed good way to talk about certain things in the book while we read it.