shayleetv
09-25-2010, 01:39 AM
A few weeks ago my wife and I bumped into an old friend that teaches school. When she found out I was retired she asked me if I would like to volunteer a hour a day for a couple of days each week. I thought it sounded like a good thing to do because I was already reading for some elderly people at a rest home. She called later and a schedule was made up. She told me how helpful this would be to her because with budget cuts she had more students than she has had before, a total of 38 1st graders. I would have a group of the better readers, a total of 10. They were all reading on at least a 3rd grade level, pretty impressive I think.
On the first day we read a story about a child who had a name that could be a girl or a boy. After they took turns reading the story out loud I asked some question about the story. There were pictures to go with the story to help with comprehending what they were reading. One of the questions was, "How do we know if the child in the story was a boy or a girl?" One answer could be from the picture showing her to be a girl; another was from the pronoun usage. One sharp little girl noticed in the picture the girl had earrings. Another girl said that that didn't mean anything because her dad on "special days" wore her mothers earrings. Then there was more questions about her dad and what he wore. Dad got outed by his daughter and most of the girls concluded with phrase "sweet". But the funniest comment came from a boy who said he wished he had pierced ears so he could wear his sisters earrings when they play dress up. I thought it was an innocent question and I got to know about a fellow sister and a blossoming little sister. See what I mean about school being educational.
On the first day we read a story about a child who had a name that could be a girl or a boy. After they took turns reading the story out loud I asked some question about the story. There were pictures to go with the story to help with comprehending what they were reading. One of the questions was, "How do we know if the child in the story was a boy or a girl?" One answer could be from the picture showing her to be a girl; another was from the pronoun usage. One sharp little girl noticed in the picture the girl had earrings. Another girl said that that didn't mean anything because her dad on "special days" wore her mothers earrings. Then there was more questions about her dad and what he wore. Dad got outed by his daughter and most of the girls concluded with phrase "sweet". But the funniest comment came from a boy who said he wished he had pierced ears so he could wear his sisters earrings when they play dress up. I thought it was an innocent question and I got to know about a fellow sister and a blossoming little sister. See what I mean about school being educational.