My teammate and I co-teach a reading strategy lesson each year (one of my favorites!) When I walked in one afternoon this week, there was some chaos in a typically very, very calm room. My teammate was going to prepare the class for some calming activities to get them back on track. She said in a low voice, "when I turn off this one light we are going to say nothing." She turned off one light.
A very literal student responded by saying, "Nothing!" And then so did many other children.
We smiled at each other and said, "Yep, that is what I said to do."
It was a failed moment. The language was just not quite right. And it was little reminder to us that our language choices matter.
Em
Amazing how we say/mean something, and the little people show us what we really said!
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