Michael the joker

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Buddy News

Student	Michael	Date	8 June 2008
		Observer	Yvonne (teacher)

Intended learning

The children will tell their news to the class and listen to other children’s news.

Every day the children have a turn to talk with their “Talking Buddy” to share their news. The children are assigned a buddy for a week.

This week Michael was buddied with Cameron. I heard Cameron asking Michael what he had had for breakfast. He asked questions like “Did you have…” Michael kept saying “No” until Cameron asked, “Did you have toast?” “Yes!” said Michael.

I made the comment, “I wonder how many pieces of toast Michael ate”, which gave Cameron the idea of finding that out. There was a lot of hilarity from both, such as when Cameron asked “Did you have 10?” and Michael said laughingly, and with a cheeky look “Yes!” When the buddies have finished talking, the class come together and I invite children to share any interesting news they heard that day.

Cameron came to the front and said, “Michael told me he had 10 pieces of toast for breakfast!”

Everyone thought this was very funny and many comments were added as well as yes/no questions that elicited the information that he had had marmite on every slice!

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