Last week PJ and I started off with some spelling practice. This quickly dragged to a halt when PJ told me he didn't know the meaning of the words on his list. Neither of us wanted to proceed until we went over them. While I was trying to explain the meaning of the word humble, PJ interrupted me, asking, "Did you see the news in Korea?" When I wasn't sure, he got upset. I realized he was talking about the ferry accident in South Korea. He asked me if there were any "humbles" on the boat. Then he asked me why the ship sunk, and if the captain and his crew are bad people. He told me, "I hate it when I ask people if they saw the news and they say no. Because it's a big deal." Wanting to avoid a lengthy debate on morality with this 7 year old future diplomat, I apologized and moved on to the next word.
PJ was able to spell all of his vocabulary words, and even gave me a few pointers for teaching spelling. Next on the agenda was a listening comprehension activity for a short video exploring the lifecycle of a frog. He seemed distracted, perhaps still thinking about the ferry, and needed to watch the video a few times before he was able to answer the questions. He already knew, however, that the video was about metamorphosis. I congratulated him on his use of the word. We ended the lesson by reading a book together--The Three Bears. We were both shocked by how creepy Goldilocks was in this version's illustrations. After we finished the book, I asked a few comprehension questions, such as whose chair did Goldilocks break? and what do you think is the moral of the story?
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