CASSANDRA REVELES: KEENA FORD LOVES PUDDING PIE

My series book is Keena Ford. This little girl has a big personally and don’t know much about filters yet. The book does a good job with description and really painting on picture of what keena’s thoughts are and her life in 2nd grade. I like that Keena mentions in the book that her mom buys her a journal and then the rest of the book is in journal form. THere are multiple journal entries, times, and dates. I think it made the book flow better. This series is meant for young kids, either as a book that the teacher reads in class or for any kids who feels comfortable reading but want to read a littler book. The central characters in this book are Keena, her mom, her dad, her brother Bian, best friend Eric and Ms.Campbell. I think the assumptions about children is that they make lots of mistakes but they learn from them. All throughout the book Keena describes how she makes errors but in her outcomes she is taught how to fix them. This book would be a great way to introduce journaling to the classroom. It’s an example of what a journal should look like and all the things that it can be used to write about. 

 

Millers book so far makes it in a point that reading is important. I like that she mentions ideas of how there should be a designated time for reading in the classroom. As well as creating an environment in the room that encourages reading. I think this could help future children sustain their love of reading and not push it off to the side as many of us have done because of all the reading assignments and old english readings that have been forced upon us. I want to encourage to students to read what they enjoy and just as we have been doing in the class, to always have a book handy for the opportunities when they have to read. At the same time z it is a bit scary teaching them about reading because I don’t want to suffocate them, I want to find a balance.