A few of the parents of my students are firefighters. Recently, the subject of firefighting arose and the kindergarten boys asked one child about his dad’s job. A boy wanted to know if there was a dog at the firehouse. And he asked his classmate if the dog had an important job. The child replied… [...]
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FIREFIGHTING DOGS
Posted in Students, tagged Dog, Firefighters, Hydrant on November 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
BIG FISH
Posted in Students, tagged Fish, Sea Life, Students, Tuna on November 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My class is studying Sea Life. I was working with a small group of students and I explained to them that some species of tuna can grow to seven feet or up to ten feet in length. One of the children sighed loudly and asked… “Well, how do they get inside those teeny little cans?” [...]
ANOTHER DOUBLE NAUGHT SPY
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Code, Decipher, Foreign, Operations, Organizations, Phonetics, Secret Agent, Spy, Undercover on November 21, 2009 | 2 Comments »
It occurred to me recently that my line of work has prepared me for undercover spy operations in the world’s most secret of secret organizations because I can understand language that is so foreign it belongs to no known country and so unique it is developed instantly as one speaks. (ex: “I dood it last [...]
PAST TENSE
Posted in Students, tagged Children, Grammar, Kids, Language, School, Student, Talking on November 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One of my young students ran to me and exclaimed… “Look at what I just dood.” I said to him, “You did that.” He replied… “Yeah! I dood it!” Copyright © (2009) Diane
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