My name is Katie Long; I am in the Math Specialist masters
program. I also completed my undergraduate coursework at NC State.
I have always struggled as a reader especially when I was
younger. I learned to read when I was in
second grade by going to a tutor in the mornings. I choose the book Mr. Popper’s
Penguins because this book was the first book that I actually enjoyed and felt confident in my reading. It made me laugh and got me excited to read ahead to see what happen next
in the story. In this story Mr. Popper is a painter in Oklahoma. He gets two penguins and they have 10 baby penguins in Mr. Poppers house. It is funny to imagine all the places they tried to put the penguins I still today have a copy of Mr. Popper’s Penguin in my Kindergarten
class just to remind myself to enjoy reading. 
What a powerful lesson about the emotional connection we can have with books. I am glad you found a way to enjoy reading, and share this with your kindergarteners!
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