In January, I was assessing a child's reading. We were reading a book called Spots. It had a picture on the front cover of a child sick in bed with chicken pox. When the child was asked what the book was about, he answered, "He has flea bites!" Only a kid who grew up in Africa would say that!
After that, chicken pox went through my class. For almost two weeks, I had child after child out with chicken pox (or other sickness). I only had half a class for two weeks. It was funny to hear their commentary:
"I need to get the chicken pox. I could really use a day off school." -A five year old.
"I don't want to go home! I love school!" -Another five year old.
"I was soooooooo itchy! I had to scratch like thisssss!!!!" -Yet another five year old.
Needless to say, they all know what Spots is about now!
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