Mid-morning
a mom who volunteers most days to help with writing stopped in my classroom
with her older son wearing a cast. J was
in speech and I asked what had happened to her oldest. She was surprised that J had not told me the
tale of the four wheeler, the ditch and the x-ray.
When J
returned from speech I inquired “why didn’t you tell me about E’s arm? He gave me a wicked grin and said, “cause I’m
gonna write about it!” “I can’t wait to
read it,” I replied.
I’m not sure I’ll ever get to the point where my
favorite way of telling a story is writing.
Maybe I’m too impatient. I don’t
spend enough
time crafting my story. I haven’t until
now had an audience for my writing. Yet
again, at the end of a day I realize again, how much I can learn from 5 year
olds.
You have an audience now and you can craft a story. I love "wicked grin" and the anticipation J has for telling the story of brother's broken arm. That's a writer, he has a story to tell. Must be someone to encourages him. Hmmmm . . . who could it be?
ReplyDeleteThanks for mentioning me in Stacey's post. I do enjoy this (and I'll tell you a secret, I never thought I was a writer either). I am honored, and I'm smiling!
It speaks to the culture of your literary classroom of 5 year olds that this student was keeping a story secret in order to share it in writing. Very cute and very exciting!
ReplyDeleteI believe nearly every one can teach us something. You are so right. You must have fun in your class with such an enthusiastic group. It's great he wanted to write about his news.
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