So, I was teaching my 6th graders how to say numbers. We got to dates and they were still wanting to say them like large numbers. Finally I reverted to the local language to explain that you say dates in pairs of numbers. Nineteen forty two not one thousand nine hundred and forty two.
Apparently I made an unfortunate word choice and actually said something a bit more elicit about the number pairs.
Oh yall!!! You should have seen these kids' faces. They were dying and humiliated and trying to keep it together! I knew immediately I had made a mistake. And from their reaction, it was obvious that it was below the belt!
I came home and told Noah and Callie what I had said. They were horrified!! Ha! At least I got their attention! I guess that will be a lesson that they won't soon forget!
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It is so wonderful when teachers make mistakes. When you do it, it releases students to make mistakes. The research I read this weekend says that if we don't make mistakes then we are not learning and growing. I like that thought. It makes me feel much better about the multitude of mistakes that I make.
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