"Are you drinking coffee?
Did you know that’s illegal and bad for your health?"
-Kindergartener
| The 2nd grade girls always visit my classroom. They usually come to hang out, but lately they've been asking if they can help me with anything. I let them prep an art project and they LOVED it. | |
| Girl: | Miss Lee, can we come back on Monday and help you? |
| Me: | Hm... |
| Girl: | We'll help you with anything you want! |
| Me: | I usually get all my work and prep done by myself. |
| Girl: | Don't do it! We'll do it for you! |
| haha, should I let them teach my class too? ^^ |
| I was a little sick at school today. My voice was very hoarse and I was SO tired. | |
| Student 1: | Miss Lee, your voice sounds funny. |
| Me: | I know... |
| [5 min. later] | |
| Student 1: | Miss Lee, your voice STILL sounds funny. |
| Me: | =_= |
| Student 2: | Miss Lee, you should rest. When I'm sick, I rest a lot and then I feel better. REST IS THE BEST! You should get a sub and take the day off. |
| Me: | LOL! |
Read last week’s post about my student and her imaginary pony here. Her table won again, so they got to eat lunch with me inside the classroom. We were listening to Kids Bop while eating…
Student: Marshmallow loves this song!
Me: Marshmallow? Oh, is that a Lu Lu Loopsy doll (I learned that this is the new IT toy for girls ^^)?
Student: No! You know who Marshallow is!
Me: I do? OH! Your imaginary pony?
Student: Yes! [pets “Marshmallow”]
| Student: | My dad taught me a trick to fall asleep! |
| Me: | Oo, what is the trick? |
| Student: | You close your eyes... and keep closing your eyes... and then you just fall asleep! |
| Me: | [trying to hide my disappointment] |
Mr. Chris is the BEST. He rewrote the lyrics to Call Me Maybe to be about vocabulary words we are learning in 1st grade. He sang the song on Garage Band and then I transformed his voice to sound like a little kid! My kids are going to perform the song in front of the entire school in a couple of weeks.
I am invigorated
Which means we’re energetic!
And then we amble around
Which means we walk this way
And it’s so hot we can’t breathe
In this sweltering heat
If we’re persistent, we try
And nothing’s in my way
Our voices flowing
Chorus— rock and rollin’
Making a big commotion
Runnin’ round and being noisy!
Hey, I just started school
And this is crazy,
We love robust words,
Vocabulary
And all the other words,
They don’t faze me,
We love robust words
Vocabulary
| I saw many of my girl students wearing Girl Scout shirts... | |
| Me: | Oo! I like your Girl Scout shirts! |
| Girls: | Thank you! |
| Boy #1: | What do Girl Scouts do? |
| Me: | Hm, I think they learn how to be leaders. |
| Boy #2: | No... they pick up trash. |
| Boy #3: | And sell cookies! |
| [During recess] | |
| Student: | Miss Lee, you can come over my house. |
| Me: | Thank you! |
| [After school] | |
| Student: | Remember, Miss Lee... you can come over my house! |
| Me: | haha, thanks for the invitation! |
| Me: | I see you wrote me a note. What does it say? |
| Student: | xx's crayons are MAgiCAL!! They spell words. |
| Me: | What do you mean? |
| Student: | THEY SPELL WORDS! MAgiCAL!!!! |
| Me: | ._.??? |
| Me: | Why are you wiggling in your seat so much? |
| Student: | I just have the wiggles in my tummy. |
| Me: | What? |
| Student: | Okay, I'll stop. |
| Me: | haha, okay. |
| Teacher: | Let's sound out fat. /f/ /a/ /t/ |
| Student: | My mom is REALLY fat. |
