KidS sAy tHe DaRNdeSt ThINgS

Story 1

This week in Camp Finley during Writer’s Workshop time, we wrote about our New Years Resolutions. I told my kids (students) that I was giving up sugar as one of my resolutions. There were a lot of shocked faces and a few nods (some kids worship me, weird huh!) One student asked about holidays and I told them that holidays were the only exception. One darling little girl raised her hand and said “some days you’re gonna wish everyday was a holiday!” I couldn’t agree more! I replied, “You’re absolutely right, some days I will wish that!

Story 2

The next day...

Background info: Before we went off track we talked about a reading strategy called "Making Connections." This is a great comprehension strategy! We talk about making connections as we read, text-to-self connections, text-to-text connections and text-to-media connections. We learn that as we make connections while we read, we are more likely to remember the story.

As a review, this week I posed the question, "What are connections?" I called on an adorable little girl in my class and her response was "it's when two people who find each other, love each other." Apparently she forgot our reading strategy over the break☺. Her precious little answer made me turn a slight shade of red and a little giggle escaped (my dad doesn’t call me giggles for no reason at all, I can’t help it sometimes!) I had to quickly call on someone that I knew would know the answer. It’s obvious that she’s learned a thing or two about love connections...kids grow up fast these days!