during guided reading groups the other day, we were having a discussion about using context clues to understand words we dont know.
each student was asked to find one 'cool word' in their assigned reading.
we discussed each word and were able to figure out their meaning based on reading the whole sentence.
but then, one girls raises her hand and said 'miss ward, i still dont understand what this word means, even when i read it in the sentence!'
so i asked her what the word was
she says 'stand-a-fish'
i looked at her confused and asked her to find the page the word was on and read the full sentence to me.
she read it, and i about busted up laughing.
the real word was 'STANDOFFISH'
oh 4th grade how i love you...
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