The 4th grader I tutor on Monday afternoons was in an interesting mood today. He read really well but then didn't want to continue playing the game I taught him when it looked like I might win. He spotted his journal that I had laid out on the table and said he wanted to write something. This was new for him. He seldom writes more that four or five words, and then only with prodding.
I gave him the journal and a pencil and he wrote "Miss Luci is mean to me." so I suggested that he make a lsit of all the ways I'm mean to him. With a few suggestions from me he came up with quite a list. I won't let him cheat when we play games, I make him read, I wouldn't let him lie on the table and I refused to let him get some coffee. I don't give him candy and I don't have good handwriting. I had no idea I was such a meanie.
Before he knew it, he had filled a full page and we were both laughing. I love it when silliness turns into a learning experience.
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