I arrived to school this morning to find this email from a parent waiting for me:

     Yesterday, we had "movie day" at home (we watched "Singin' in the Rain").  At one point halfway through the movie, as Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds were becoming interested in each other, Susie (name changed) leaned over to me and said "Dad, I'm pretty sure they're going to kiss.  It's foreshadowing."  I said "Foreshadowing?  That's a pretty big word.  Where did you learn about foreshadowing?"  Susie answered, with a big, proud smile on her face, "Mrs. P. taught me about it."

     Stories like this make teaching worth all the hard parts!  My day has been made...a student really remembered something and totally applied it!!  See my Facebook page to share your own stories like this!