Writer's Workshop is something we do to help the students become better writers. It usually includes the teacher reading some text that helps to explain the lesson for today.
We talked about dialog and about story endings today. So we read Ira Sleeps Over. I love this book. I just like the cantor of how the children talk to each other.
Who would think of the foolishness going on right under my nose in this story!!
The whole story is about a little boy who has a sleepover at his best friends house, but is afraid to tell him about the fact that he sleeps with a teddy bear.
Well, Ira goes over to his friends house and the friend is showing him around. He takes him to his room and the text reads:
"Ira shows me his junk"
Well you know my kids, before I could read the next sentence that tells about bottle caps and stickers there is a resounding "UGGGGH".
You see, junk means something WAAAAAY different that it meant back in the 70's when they first wrote about Ira.
Love my job!!
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