This morning, I went to school with a sore arm from getting my flu shot. Since a large part of our school's literacy program involves teaching reading and writing at the same time, we teachers do a lot of modeling to demonstrate writing skills while the students read along. I decided to use my flu shot for a teachable moment, and began my writing demonstration by explaining why my arm was sore. I explained the reason people get flu shots, and helped the children say the word "in-flu-en-za". At the end of the lesson, before the kids went to their tables with their draft books in hand, I overheard one little boy re-tell my story to his friend, explaining "She had to get a shot so she doesn't get godzilla."
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