Consistency is not my strong point. So when Dash was supposed to read each day this year in TK, and fill out a chart to prove it…I skimped. We read each day, but scratched the chart. Well……everything was great, until the Reading Olympics — a new program to me. At George White, if the kids read every day — and fill out their chart, they are honored at the big ceremony at school.
OOOOOOPS!
The day before the ceremony, Mrs. Germain pulled me aside and said, “You know…Dash is the best reader in class. Tomorrow, everyone is going to get gold, silver and bronze medals. Because he filled out the first monthly chart, he is going to be able to get a certificate. I just don’t want you to be upset when he is the only one with a paper certificate.”
UPSET?
Just like Mrs. Germain said — everyone got their medals — except Dash.
Dash was the ONLY ONE who got an actual certificate — something he will keep forever in his important drawer…not like a silly medal that ends up with all of the other medals in the toy drawer!
And the bonus — he got called up VERY FIRST!
Who cares if it was because they went in ascending order.
Dash thought he was the luckiest kid up there.
And if that doesn’t make skimping on a chart my best move this year — I don’t know what does.
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