may 1
"i can't wait to be 8!"
"why?"
"because when i'm 8, i can sit in the front seat of my dad's truck!"
(exciting stuff!)
"mrs. s...do you know why my grandma died?"
"no, why?"
"because she got tired of walking up and down the stairs."
(interesting theory.)
may 2
free journal writing
(yes, you do look cool...and you are cool for writing this in your journal.)
may 4
"my ear wax tastes like chicken."
"that's pretty gross...and how do you know that?"
"um...i tasted it!"
(she burst out laughing at the face i made...holy cats.)
may 7
"mrs. s...do you want to know what my mom said about you?"
"yes, what did she say.." (i was scared.)
"she told my dad that you're da bomb!"
(i'll take it!)
may 8
at the end of the day, some of my former students come to visit before getting picked up. here's how one such conversation went with a now 3rd grader.
"so do you think you are going to have 1 baby or 2?"
"well, you know i already have ella, and one more will make 2. i think two is enough."
"no, i mean like right now, in your stomach."
"oh. does it look like I have two in there?"
"oh yes, (very concerned) it's much bigger than the last time..."
(gee thanks, kid...)
may 9
free journal writing
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| "I see Sanaa and Jalen." |
(this little girl (Sanaa) has an obvious classroom crush on the little boy (Jalen)...i thought the pic was very sweet when i came across it in her journal.)
may 10
a group of girls were talking at playtime about a birthday.
"i hope you aren't inviting boys to your birthday party...because boys are dumb!"
"yeah, they are really nasty..."
"and they smell bad, too."
(ladies, i'll give you all a few years, and then check back with me...)
career day was today. here is an illustration of what my all time favorite student wants to be when he grows up:
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| astronaut = awesome |
may 11
the kids rest everyday on the floor for 20 minutes, it was really quiet and one yells...
"OH MY GOSH, MRS. S!!!! WHY DOES OUR FLOOR SMELL LIKE CHEESE!? AND STINKY FEET!?"
(rest time was officially over at this point...because all the kids started agreeing, and i started laughing...)
language arts gone bad.
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| drawing for Ll: Liquor (whoops.) |
may 14
i test the kid's reading abilities 3 times a year...one of these times is in may. one student was doing particularly well and i stopped him...
"wow, richard! you must've been practicing these words at home!"
(really proud.) "NOPE! i actually just watch TV all the time..!"
may 21
one student to another during independent work time:
"there is a song about a girl that wants jesus to take the wheel...and i can't figure out why she wants jesus to drive her car."
(loved this one...)
may 23
draw and illustration for the letter Jj.
the little boy asked me what a 'jig' was (it was one of our vocab words) and i told him 'a dance'. so he drew someone dancing...complete with someone rocking out on a turn table.
(A+!)
when i saw this, i said, "so jesus has pig tails?!"
she looked at me like i had five heads and said, "nooooo...he has long hairrrrrr!"
(oh, ok...well done.)
free journal writing
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| i assure you i am not your mommy. |
may 24
while reading a story aloud called Chicka, Chicka 1, 2, 3 there is a line that says,
"WoW! these apple taste like heaven!"
a little girl calls out waving her hands in front of her...
"waitttttt! why do they say apples taste like heaven? i have NO idea what heaven tastes like!!!!!!"
(good point!...me neither, kid!)
may 25
i overheard a group of kids talking and then one of them saunters over to my desk all sad..
"mrs. s...i'm very sorry, i said the 's' word."
"ok...well please try not to say it again."
(sidenote...i heard what he said. the s word? stupid. and i have no problems letting him believe that's a "bad" word...)
“Oh the places you'll go! There is fun to be done! There are points to be scored. There are games to be won. And the magical things you can do with that ball will make you the winning-est winner of all.”
-Dr. Suess
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