In the optometrist office I ran into a going into third grader as he was killing time in the lobby waiting for his grandfather to get his eyes examined.
So what topics of conversation do you have with a 3rd grade boy?
School
He liked to read. He was number 2 in his class in AR. (This is a program in the schools that codifies the check out a book and an adult asks you comprehension questions regarding.) He had read 32 books on his level last year. Number one had read 84 books. He was excited about getting into chapter books. One book he read had 12 chapters in it.
He likes math.
He couldn't play talk or consider a narrative plot that would take off on its own. He could recount several and naturally remembered the gory spots.
Video Games and Card Games
He was a game player and had a deck of YuGeeOu. My work with several of my game playing students left me in good stead for this conversation. He had collected a couple of "God" cards that could beat a myrid of other cards in play. He was not at the point where he had specific decks that were themed. No water monster decks etc.
He enjoyed racing games and was quick to describe how to avoid common pitfalls with video racing games. He is always hoping that he could race with the white mustang. It shows up randomly as a race car.
Home and Leisure
He is a raider fan.
He likes to go to Pismo Beach and they haul a toy trailer that has some beds in it.
He was proud of the fact that he was very large for his age.
Overall he was very verbal for his age. Its kind of nice to relate to a student that does not have a language disabilty.
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I know what you mean about it being nice to talk to a kid that does not have a learning disability, it puts it all into perspective, doesn't it? One of the fun parts of my day last year was my stuttering client who was making amaaaazing progress. One of the most interesting parts was watching his use of executive functions, for example, he knew that I would let him eat his lunch and drink his drink while we worked, so he would play basketball all lunch, saving his lunch for afterwards. Amazing!
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