Those of you who do First Chapter Fridays or similar read-alouds, do you edit out curse words when you’re reading?

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Personally, I don’t believe in editing texts. It’s a great way to talk about the social construction of language with kids, and that language norms change over time.

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I usually go silent when the word comes up. I also had a student who would go silent if God was written

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I say them if I'm reading and the kids can choose to say them or not when they are reading aloud. I also have a population of kids I am constantly saying "remember where you are" to, about language, so I'm not too concerned. They know book characters talk like they do, so sometimes they curse.

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