Hooked on Phonics…
Every once in a while an email brings outright laughter… this was the case today when I read “Hooked on Phonics (From the diary of a Preschool Teacher).” I know that all you pet lovers will get a kick out of this too… Enjoy!
My five-year old students are learning to read.
I have had them start with a lot of stories about animals and pets. Yesterday one of them pointed at a picture in a zoo book and said, “Look at this! It’s a frickin’ elephant!”
I took a deep breath, counted to ten, kept the smile on my face, then asked…”What did you call it?”
“It’s a frickin’ elephant! It says so on the picture!”
And so it does… ” A f r i c a n Elephant”
Hooked on phonics! Now that’s funny, I don’t care who you are.
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