[cindyo]

My five-year old students are learning to read.
> Yesterday one of them pointed at a picture in a zoo book and said, 'Look at this! It's a frickin' elephant!'
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> I took a deep breath, then asked...'What did you call it?'
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> 'It's a frickin' elephant! It says so on the picture!' ;
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> And so it does...
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> ' A f r i c a n Elephant '
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> Hooked on phonics! Ain't it wonderful?
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