........our first Guest Blogger!

Introducing Alyson Hennessy.

She's a 7th year teacher

in a Dual Language classroom in New York.

In her 'stand alone model' classroom,

she teaches both English and Spanish.

Welcome to our blog Alyson!
Pull up a cyberchair and tell us your story...

One day one of my students said to me,

"Mrs. Hennessy, I know how 

to say Pennsylvania in Spanish."

I was a little confused because

a) we were not even talking about states.

b) you only slightly change how you say the word.

BUT

I was wondering where she was going with this.

(As we all know, these are the moments in

Kindergarten when another adult

is needed in the room!

They can back up whatever

is about to be said...

otherwise,

people don't believe you!)

I replied, "Okay, how do you say

Pennsylvania in Spanish?"

She answers 
"Lápiz -vania"

(For those non-Spanish speaking readers...

a pencil in Spanish is called a "lápiz.")

 

(Regina:  I couldn't help myself... 
This picture's for you, Alyson!
Having taught Bilingual Education in Texas, 
this story brings back wonderful memories!)

I had to really try hard not to laugh,

because it was so cute and she was

so serious about it.

After I explained that the

"Pennsyl" part of "Pennsylvania"

does not mean the writing tool

even though it sounds like the word,

she moved on to something else.

Of course she moved on to

something else!
Don't they always?

She had no idea that her comment

was so cute that it would stay

with Alyson for years to come.

Gotta love Kindergarten!

*AttaGirl Funnies by Angela Furgal AKA Fairy Funtastic*

If you see this pinned somewhere else...know that you saw it here first!

Thank you Alyson for being

our first Guest Blogger.

We hope you have fun shopping our

TPT stores for $10 worth of our products.

The rest of you are invited to check out

Alyson's TPT store,

Alyson Hennessy.

She offers both Spanish and English activities

and lots of freebies.

You're also invited to check out her blog

Dynamic Dual Language! 

And her Facebook page

Dynamic Dual Language

Enjoy those last few weeks of summer.

I hear a school bus coming!