Little sneaksters at it again…

At the end of the day we always do journals. For the most part, the students really like this activity. However, a few always try to write as few amount of sentences as possible. Today, one of my third graders came over to me with his journal. He had his hand covering half of his journal. He told me he had completed his assignment. The students were supposed to be writing their personal, “I have a dream” speeches. I looked down at his journal, and his writing was on what he enjoyed about his day. This was day eight of the program, he should of been on page eight…he was showing me page one. I looked at him and said, “Child, that’s your journal entry from the first day…and this here that your hand is covering up are my own personal comments back to you. Go do your work.” And he did.