I have a great class this year. We have alot of fun and I forget that many of them are still learning English. For the most part they are all bilingual. They get a kick out of teaching me to speak Spanish and laugh at me when I say words funny. I do however forget that their vocabulary is limited in English.
This morning my students were working and many of them began to talk to each other. So I gave them a little reminder to stay focused on their work. "Ok, get busy." "Boys and girls you need to get busy." After a few reminders, one of my students looked at me and said, "Mrs. Howell what does busy mean?"
Wow! I didn't realize that many of them didn't know what I was talking about. We stopped and talked about "busy". It took me a minute to think about how to describe busy. I showed them how I could be busy and then how not to be busy.
We talked about "busy" all day. One little girl said "Guys do working."
I love my class.
My Today,
Christy
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