So, I'd just dropped my class off at library today, and I was walking back down to my classroom, when I passed a student walking with his SMART reader (SMART=Start Making A Reader Today). Now, the readers are very nice, well-meaning people, usually either college kids or retirees, but they haven't necessarily been teachers with classrooms. The reader is chatting at this first grader, and she's trying to engage him with questions about what he did at recess, or how his weekend was. He's having none of it. He is carrying a book, and is totally focused on swinging it back and forth. As I pass them, he turns to her intently and says, "I bet that I could hit the ceiling with this book." Without really thinking about it, the reader gently replies, "Oh, I'm sure that you could, but..."
And in my head, I know EXACTLY what is going to happen. Sure enough, she says, "Oh, I'm sure that you could, but..." sshhTHWAP - I hear the sound as the book hits the ceiling and flutters down to the ground, pages rustling from the fall. I didn't turn around to watch, but I laughed all the way back to my classroom.
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