Miss Daisy has a strange way of teaching. Miss Daisy is Crazy by Dan Guttman She makes the children seem that they are the teacher and she is the student.
Well, the idiom is that you learn best from your students and if this is true, then Miss Daisy ought to graduate from University pretty soon, because her students teach her more everyday!
Vocabulary:
recess - a break in the school day to eat or play
beeline - go in a straight line very fast
monkey bars - metal bars that are for climbing
arcade - a place where you play games in a fair.
financial - money matters
beamed. - be very happy
overweight - weigh too much
lifesaver candy
a foot in measurement is 12 inches about 30 centimeters
6 feet - about 2 meters
circumference - how big a circle is all the way around
Pronunication
style - one syllable
Robinson ro ben son
circumference sur kum fren se
Questions for discussion:
What is the main problem that the children are discussing?
What does Miss Daisy think about the kids' idea?
What does she want to do about it?
Which professional needs to examine the 2nd grade?
What is her name?
Why is A.J. suspicious?
What is interesting about the ruler?
How does Mrs Cooney turn it into a math lesson?
How do the children feel about this "lesson"?
Homework
Write about the best class that you have ever been in. What was the class? What were you studying? What made the class interesting? Do you remember the teacher's name?
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