Last week I was preparing for a Family Literacy Night and found myself walking through the aisles of the dollar store. I was reaching for a package of envelopes when a boy–seven or eight I’d say–held an envelope up to me and said, “Look, you can send emails by paper!”
With a smile I replied, “Yes I suppose you can!”
He then took the envelope to his mom further down the aisle and said the same to her. She snapped back, “Yeah, they’re called letters.”
Another customer heard what he said, made eye contact with me, and we shared a smile, both suppressing our laughter.
Tomorrow I begin a Writing Residency in another school. As per usual, we will begin by talking about writing and its many forms and purposes. I wonder if this boy will be in one of those classes…
Just keep sharing the ‘joy of writing’ with your students!!! You are awesome at that!!!