I haven’t done a kids only post in some time, so why not now?
I love my first graders (and fourth graders), but they say some of the craziest things.
MG – Andy why do you have dirt on your head?
A- She did it (pointing to another little girl)
MG – Mary why did you put dirt on Andy’s head?
M – Because he was smiling at me!
MG – Andy is just happy, he was smiling because he was happy!
M – Oh…
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During small math groups
M- I don’t like boys!
A- Well I can’t have a girlfriend!
M- I don’t want a boyfriend!
Yes, during small math groups…not talking about math.
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Whilst doing a quick write…
MG – Okay Andy what do you want to write about…and no basketball!
A- Jumping!
MG – No jumping
A- Basketball!
MG – No basketball
A- Leaves!
MG – Okay, what’s your topic sentence?
A – I like jumping in the leaves! (Yes each sentence ended with an exclamation)
Oh, I have the cutest cat…evah!
Just gotta point out that it’s T minus one week till Spring Break. Thank. The. Lord.
1) The kids were killing me today during word study!
“I have four hairs on my neck. My dad has to shave ‘em. That means I’m a man!”
“If you ever go to jail, pack a toothbrush.” (Wait for it…) “Because then you can just sharpen it down to a point…”
Oh and this:
2) When did Altoids get so weird?
However, I was told that dreams when you are pregnant are kinda crazy, so I guess it’s accurate?
3) Jimmy Fallon shouts it out! And Lester Holt has glitter?
4) This pretty much describes my entire first grade experience this year:
5) On Thursday we had a “Make and Take” day to get some things together for language arts. Not only did we get fed delicious cookies, but we got to listen to 80′s music for the entire 3 hours. It was amahzing! And yes Love Stinks is an actual song. 
Yep, I missed Friday…again. But I know y’all will forgive me because you are kind and generous people.
1) One of the kids words this week for word study was “rare.” So I used the sentence, “It is rare that the students turn their homework in on time.” Which is true. They’ve been having a really hard time doing their homework the past couple of weeks. Of course they were a little offended and appalled that I said that. However, one student said, “That’s really mean…but true…” Ha! One point for the teacher!
2) JT has been killin’ it on Jimmy Fallon this week.
http://www.youtube.com/user/latenight?v=B8wfWO06yp8
I love the Mackelmore at the end.
3) I love bacon and Lent really needs to be over so I can go to Michigan and eat this taco.
4) It’s St. Patty’s Day weekend. Be careful folks! Don’t be stupid call a cab if you need to!
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5) Joseph Gordon Levitt…42 reasons why. You’re welcome.
6) My cat is weird, but I love him anyway. That’s true love, right?
If I posted that already, oh well, you’ll get over it.
HAPPY ST. PATRICK’S DAY!!
Or should I say, Flip my classroom? I know a get interior decorator who can add a new sense of feng shui to any room. Just take a gander:
Any takers?
Mama just didn’t say that they would follow one right after the other. Thanks mama…!
Who am I kidding? I can’t stay mad at that!
But seriously mom you didn’t specify that they could be concurrent days.
I uttered these words today, “Thank you for putting both feet on the ground and not sticking your head out the window!” Yup mark that up to things I never thought I’d say.
The day started innocently enough taking walks for breaks from the classroom, parking your imaginary car in the hallway….
Then things got…hectic…
I had to remind my little Dora to not draw on her face with Expo marker. That would be no bueno. Things got progressively worse from there. Here are the top hits:
After all those shenanigans I went to the grocery store and got some chocolate milk…
No, I didn’t drink all the above chocolate milk, but I did have some!
To top off the wonderfulness of today, I was making dinner, salmon if you must know. I took the salmon out of the oven to put on the topping and then went to put it back in the oven…with my bare hands.
Who needs oven mitts when you’ve got hands of asbestos? Me. Yes, me. I do.
It’s a good thing the dish didn’t shatter when I slammed it back on the oven. Oy.
I call do over!
Can someone explain the Harlem Shake to me? Because seriously, I don’t understand it. Does that make me a fuddy duddy?
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This happened:
How does a real couple talk? Maybe I need some pointers…
Tomorrow is my favorite day of the year. Okay, not really. Tomorrow I get to go to the Virginia Beach Convention Center with the rest of all of the fourth graders in the district…yeah. I said it, the district. We are going to go listen to a concert by the Virginia Symphony Orchestra. The music is always wonderful but seriously…imagine it…all of the fourth grade classrooms in the same place at the same time…Oy…
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Have you heard of Noisetrade? It’s a pretty rade site (yeah I said rad) where you can download music and albums. Usually for a minimal fee or even free if you want. Noisetrade is all about supporting and exposing Indie artists. Pretty sweet! You should check it out.
What do you think of this dress?
I had two totally different reactions to it. One student told me that he, “likes my clothes” and another who asked me why I was wearing a dress today. I thought I put together a pretty cute outfit. Apparently some people were not on the same page. Eh.
I almost posted this picture yesterday, but that’d be two posts in one day…I don’t know if y’all could handle that from me!
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I love Kelly Clarkson. She’s hilarious and puts on a pretty damn good show. I love her even more for photobombing Ellen’s picture not once, not twice, but three separate times.
I’m pretty sure she and I could be best friends. That is, of course, if I didn’t already have an amazing best friend…which I do!
Foam trapezoids can fit into a first graders mouth? If you guessed three, you’d be incorrect. The actual answer is two. Why do I know this? Because I just so happened to have one of my lovely first graders stuff two in her mouth and then chomp down on them like they were marshmallows. Good, germy, fun times.
Oh and while she was chomping away on foam trapezoids, she stuffed herself into a cubby. Oh and she started a new thing where she repeats anything anyone says.
Needless to say after all that, I went on a four mile run after school today.
In cuter school news, I was taking my buddy out to the buses. I told him to put his hood on because it looked like it was raining. I went to go take his hand to lead him out to the bus and he put his arm across my stomach all safety patrol style and said,
“No Miss G. you stay here, you don’t have a jacket on, you’ll get wet!”
Well excuse me! It was über cute and I couldn’t help but burst out laughing. It’s those moments that make me love my job…. Not the child eating trapezoid moments…
