Name Changes

This week in reading, we have been reading the story, "My Name is Maria Isabel." It is a cute story about a little girl who would like to be called by her name, but with two Marias already in her class, her teacher decides to call her Mary. This morning, I gave the children a journal question, "Why do you believe Maria Isabel wanted to be called by her name?" The kids came up with several answers and used the story to help guide their answers. One of the children said that they heard that you can change your name. I told them this was true, that some people do change their name. They asked why, so I said maybe they didn't like their name. Thankfully, many of the children do not feel the same way about their name and do not wish to ever change their names. However, I did have one. One of my many animal lovers spoke up and said that she would like to change her name to Catherine, so everyone can call her Cat. She will now forever be named Catherine in my blog. :)