the 1st student to say "this is an applying question" !

Today, when I was doing a read aloud on simple machines, Emon raised her hand and said: "I have an applying question.  You know when we were learning about horses pulling wagons [from our unit on trains that I taught several months ago]?  Was it hard for them to pull the wagons because of all that food?"  Of course, we had to carry the discussion further and bring in friction, but I was excited nonetheless that Emon was able independently categorize her question as she was asking it.