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Hello to everyone interested in learning about literacy development in children. My name is Annie and I am a grad student at Johns Hopkins University. I am currently enrolled in my fourth class on my way to obtaining my masters degree in reading. I have been teaching kindergarten for the past 4 years, so I am always interested in learning about how I can help my students be successful readers. Kindergarten has definitely changed since I was there. Students are expected to be reading simple books by the time they exit kindergarten. I am excited about this class, Emergent Literacy, because I believe it will help me acquire more techniques and strategies that I can use to help my students develop their reading skills.