1st/2nd grade
What's a jewia?
Today we were talking about Sacajewia, the famous Native American who helped Lewis and Clark discover the Northwest.
"What's a jewia?" a boy asked.
"You mean Sacajewia?" I said.
"Yeah, what's a jewia?" he replied.
Right then I realized that he thought I had said "sack of jewia". I explained who Lewis, Clark and Sacajewia were. Even at the end, some kids still didn't understand. They asked,
"Why did they carry a sack of something across the United States?"
"What's in the sack?"
"What's a jewia?"