1. During Read to Self I sat in a corner reading with one of my students. In order to model appropriate expression, I read one part of the text as almost a scream, and a little too loudly for our quiet center time. As we returned to our seats, A chastised me for disturbing his and the class's quiet working environment. I quickly acknowledged him and apologized. I love it when students advocate for themselves.
2. Months ago, Student R gave me 990 x 990 on a piece of paper as a seemingly impossible math problem to solve. I returned it to him with the answer. Now that I've taught them double-digit multiplication and how to multiply with zeros, he came to me the other day and said, "Mr. Allsop, you did it wrong!" He proceeded to write me a note detailing my incorrect answer and the actual correct way to solve. He was right. I was wrong. And I was smiling the whole time because I was so proud of him.
3. "V, you wander around like .... like...." I searched for a word to describe the aimless meanderings of my student who cannot stay still. He supplied this response: "...like I got a cockroach in my pants?"
3 is my favorite!!
ReplyDeleteI was just going to say that 3 was my favorite too! :) Oh the things that little children say. :)
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