I'm a word-nerd, obsessive-blogger, however you want to categorize me. Maybe getting this Internet up and running again wasn't the best idea.
I'm scrapping my lesson plans for tomorrow...kind of. I was going to have the students do this prefix game and then independently read. However, tomorrow's Read Across America Day- even though I don't teach the litl' ones, I still feel like I should celebrate with my students. Just spent a little while doing a Powerpoint with Dr. Seuss trivia and statistics about readers in America. after making the Powerpoint, I thought to myself, "Have I ever read Cat in the Hat?" I don't know how I missed out on this childhood rite of passage, but I swear that I have never read it or had it read to me. I remember Chicken Soup with Rice by Maurice Sendak and that's about it.
Tonight after "A.I.," I am going out and buying a copy of Cat in the Hat. Tomorrow I plan on reading it to my students. Hmmm...the 6th graders will probably go for it...7th probably won't mind...and the particular 8th grade class I have will actually most likely enjoy the read-aloud. Now I just have to read the book for myself and get familiar with it. Childhood rite of passage 20 years later: yay! I love when I feel "excited" about a lesson.
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How did it go? I think middle schoolers actually love read-alouds, if they let themselves go and actually get into it. Sometimes it's hard to get them past their adolescent persona. : )
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