Thursday, January 25, 2018

Origins

This time for my intervention period I have the advanced learners. Each morning twenty four of the brightest kids on the team pack into my room to learn about etymology. It is a much different vibe from my last two little book groups.

For example this morning they were busily creating electronic flash cards to learn some Greek and Latin roots. "Why does spir mean breathe?" one student asked. "How is that related to the word spirit?"

"Well," I answered, "it's the non-physical part of you, as insubstantial but as essential as your breath."

Her eyes widened. "Wow!" she said. "Mind. Blown. This is really cool stuff!"

I totally agree.

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