On a typical day my pullout classes with the Elementary kids consist of two things--instruction and a game. The game the kids most often want to play is GO FISH, or the fish game, or going fishing...or any other way of saying this phrase.
A few weeks back we were finishing up our lesson and one of the kids asked if we could play go fish. I said sure, since we had a few minutes before they would need to head back to their larger class.
We began taking turns, and is often the case, I fell behind in matches. In fact I think I was the only one who didn't even have one set. I was sure that this round my luck would change and I would collect some matches, score some points, and teach these third graders a thing or two about taking home the gold.
I turned to one student and asked if he had any threes? He looked me straight in the eyes and said, "Ms. S, you'll need to grab your pole, because you are goooooooooooing fishin'!"
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