Reflective Journal Entry Paper

Use these questions as a guide to your reflections. You do not need to answer each question but should address the concepts contained in each question in your reflection.

 

What does literacy entail?

 

 

Which “proficient reader strategies” do you use?  If you are not a “proficient reader”, which strategies will you add to your own toolbox?

 

 

How did you feel when reading, “Can You Read This”?  How does this help you relate to a struggling reader?

 

How did your experiences with reading at home differ from your experiences with reading at school?

 

When you think of yourself as a reader how much enjoyment do you associate with reading? What reason(s) do you have for responding this way?

 

When you consider your early elementary experiences with learning to read, do you recall them as positive, neutral, or negative? Why?

 

When you consider your college level reading experiences do you see them primarily as positive, neutral, or negative? Why?