So an added thrill Ms. Finished and I have at work is leading Student Council. This can often lead to some rather humorous situations, just like the regular classroom. Here are a couple choice tidbits from today's meeting.
Mr. Hatcher: And this is for all of you to come and make posters in my classroom that will encourage fellow schoolmates during testing. (And several subsequent sentences explaining the poster-making situation).
Stupid Annoying Girl With Too Many Questions ALL The Time: So, like, do we get to actually make some posters, too?
Ms. Finished: Are there any ideas for upcoming Spirit Days?
Fourth Grade Girl: Opposite Day, like when girls wear boys' clothes and boys wear girls' clothes.
Fourth Grade Boy: Man! You took mine!
Some Random Voice From The Crowd: Yeah! Like Anti-Gender Day!!!
So as previously mentioned, some of my students are onto Ms. Finished and me. During the meeting (which takes place during fourth-grade lunch), something catches our eyes. The something of course being Sally and Ramona, my little suspicious girls. Ladies, nothing scandalous goes on during meetings. As much as making out in front of 30 kids sounds great, we just don't do that. Sorry to burst your little bubbles.
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Excuse me, you do what?
A particular chapter in Stuart Little shows the protagonist getting upset when his plans go awry. Talking about this with my Red Group was interesting, since several of them are the biggest fit-throwers in the class. I was not expecting this to happen though:
Mr. Hatcher: So, just because what he had planned with the canoe didn't work out, he threw a fit. What do you think about that?
Sheridan: He didn't have to do that. I'm not sure what we are even talking about, but I think I get it.
Hunter: Mr. Hatcher, I am like Stuart.
Mr. Hatcher: How so?
Hunter: I get upset when something goes a different way than I want it to.
Mr. Hatcher: (Praise Jesus you realize this!) Oh? Well we can see how silly that looks, right?
Kleenex Boy: I don't throw fits. When I don't get my way, I throw pussy!
No one flinched. Except for maybe me. Yet they crack up when I ask them to cut a "strip" of paper or to find the "due date" for an assignment.
What the hell does that even mean?
Also, the same stupid book just HAD to describe Margalo's appearance by referring to the yellow streak in her bosom? Really? Kleenex Boy loved to tell us all that this meant BOOB! while I was trying to define it for the rest of the group. When is Spring Break again?
Mr. Hatcher: So, just because what he had planned with the canoe didn't work out, he threw a fit. What do you think about that?
Sheridan: He didn't have to do that. I'm not sure what we are even talking about, but I think I get it.
Hunter: Mr. Hatcher, I am like Stuart.
Mr. Hatcher: How so?
Hunter: I get upset when something goes a different way than I want it to.
Mr. Hatcher: (Praise Jesus you realize this!) Oh? Well we can see how silly that looks, right?
Kleenex Boy: I don't throw fits. When I don't get my way, I throw pussy!
No one flinched. Except for maybe me. Yet they crack up when I ask them to cut a "strip" of paper or to find the "due date" for an assignment.
What the hell does that even mean?
Also, the same stupid book just HAD to describe Margalo's appearance by referring to the yellow streak in her bosom? Really? Kleenex Boy loved to tell us all that this meant BOOB! while I was trying to define it for the rest of the group. When is Spring Break again?
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
WAAAY better than a pet rock.
My favorite writer is at it again, this time doing her best via short answers on a reading comprehension quiz for Salmon Summer.
Q. How does Alex spend his day before he goes fishing at Dog Salmon Creek?
A. He has fun at alaska. Alex also catch a Dog Salmon Creek and wanted to have the creek as a pet. But he could keep the creek.
Q. If you are preparing smoked salmon to eat, what step comes after you clean and smoke salmon? Why is this step important?
A. This step is important because you can go fishing and catching fish.
Now we are reading Wildfires by Seymour Simon and my kids LOVE it. There is a description of the Yellowstone fires of the late '80s, including how long-overdue rain is what finally put an end to the fires. To make sure the students understood this part, I prompted them with a question of "Was it the firefighters that finally put out the fires?" They all screamed "NO!" as if to say that I was extremely stupid. So I asked them who or what it was that ended the fires. Amid the sea of more softly spoken "rain," one boy, as though he were being saved by the Holy Spirit itself, lifted a hand to she sky and belted out a resounding "JEEE-SUS!" I love him just a bit more than I did.
Today was also April Fool's Day. They all came to class determined to fool me. Please. You will have to try harder than to tell me that you didn't get any of the vocabulary questions right. A) I wouldn't be too fooled because you are the one kid in class who definitely wouldn't get anything wrong. B) You are 9 and do not know how to lie very well. I totally got them twice though. Why? I have learned the delicate art of lying to children. And also, they are 9 and 10 and tend to believe you when you are their teacher. I guess I had the upper hand. I tried to get them to think of a good prank to pull on the Disagreeable Diabetic, but they all responded with "She's not that kind of teacher, Mr. Hatcher" and "She's too old. She'll probably have a heart attack." I love ALL of my students a little bit more than I did.
Q. How does Alex spend his day before he goes fishing at Dog Salmon Creek?
A. He has fun at alaska. Alex also catch a Dog Salmon Creek and wanted to have the creek as a pet. But he could keep the creek.
Q. If you are preparing smoked salmon to eat, what step comes after you clean and smoke salmon? Why is this step important?
A. This step is important because you can go fishing and catching fish.
Now we are reading Wildfires by Seymour Simon and my kids LOVE it. There is a description of the Yellowstone fires of the late '80s, including how long-overdue rain is what finally put an end to the fires. To make sure the students understood this part, I prompted them with a question of "Was it the firefighters that finally put out the fires?" They all screamed "NO!" as if to say that I was extremely stupid. So I asked them who or what it was that ended the fires. Amid the sea of more softly spoken "rain," one boy, as though he were being saved by the Holy Spirit itself, lifted a hand to she sky and belted out a resounding "JEEE-SUS!" I love him just a bit more than I did.
Today was also April Fool's Day. They all came to class determined to fool me. Please. You will have to try harder than to tell me that you didn't get any of the vocabulary questions right. A) I wouldn't be too fooled because you are the one kid in class who definitely wouldn't get anything wrong. B) You are 9 and do not know how to lie very well. I totally got them twice though. Why? I have learned the delicate art of lying to children. And also, they are 9 and 10 and tend to believe you when you are their teacher. I guess I had the upper hand. I tried to get them to think of a good prank to pull on the Disagreeable Diabetic, but they all responded with "She's not that kind of teacher, Mr. Hatcher" and "She's too old. She'll probably have a heart attack." I love ALL of my students a little bit more than I did.
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