I'm Too Sexy for Kindergarten

Right Said Fred must have inspired a whole new generation somehow, because my kindergarten class is bringing sexy back-and not in the Justin Timberlake kind of way. While lining up for lunch I hear a student yell:

C: "Ms. W, B called me sexy!"

Oh. god. So after taking him aside and explaining that sexy is not a word that we use in school and that only grown ups should use...he asks for clarification.

B: "But my daddy uses it."

Ms. W: "Because your daddy is a grown-up."

B: "Like a big man word?"

Ms. W: "Yes only a big man should use it. Not a little boy."

B: "Ohhhhh, not me."

Ms. W: "Yes, not you. And never in school."

So after I feel like he truly understands when this word is supposed to be used-he says it two more times later on that day.

Mad Libs

My friend teaches 6th grade and one of her reading groups was working on using context clues to fill in the blanks of a story (and of course have it make sense).

The following is what one of her students wrote:

Someday I am going to have a house of my own. I will feed my pig to my tiger.

Yes, because having a pig that you feed to you pet tiger makes sense. Unless you're Mike Tyson in The Hangover-then it really does make sense.

CHUG

Just a funny misspelling during Writer's Workshop today. While trying to write the word king a student sounded it out and wrote this:

KEG

He obviously already knows beer is king.

Homophones

Today was Freaky Friday at school, so we were able to wear a wacky outfit. A couple of students were wearing tutu's, so I exclaimed:

Ms. W: "Look A! S is wearing a tutu too!"
L: "What's a tututu?"

Someone Knows the Way to my Heart

This is just for bragging rights:

I have the BEST parents in my class. One mom brought me Starbucks today while she came in to volunteer during Language Arts. This is after she made my aid and me brownies over the weekend.

Seriously, I couldn't survive without such generous and fun people.

He Has a White Robe Somewhere

Continuing our discussion on Rosa Parks, we talked about how white people and African American people could not sit next to each other on the bus, and sometimes African Americans were made to leave their seat for a white person if there wasn't enough room on the bus. In discovering this one student shouts out:

A: "Yessssssssssssssssssss"

Racist much?

Stating the Obvious

Teaching about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Rosa Parks is always interesting. It's funny to see how they come to terms with the fact that people of different races used to be treated differently. While talking about "long ago" and the laws that were in affect, such as segregation in schools and buses, one student decides to pipe in about an African American student in our class:

A: "But K is in our class AND I'm sitting next to her."

Thank you for stating the obvious. What's funny is that he's hispanic, so he wouldn't be allowed in our class either.

During our Language Arts groups today one of the girls looks at me and says:

"Ms. W, your teeths are getting yellow."

I'll have to rethink that morning coffee from now on for the sake of my teeths.

From the Peanut Gallery

We're learning about the sense of smell in Science and today we played a guess the smell game. The students had to smell a canister and then write down what they thought it was. This is what a student wrote after smelling the vanilla canister:

PEENUS



He thought it was peanuts.

Moostache

While doing writer's workshop, one of the kids drew a mustache on himself. I explained to him that it was supposed to be a true story, and since he doesn't have a mustache, it can't be true. His neighbor follows up with this:

C: "Chances are if you have a mustache, you have a mustache."

That would be correct.

An Apple a Day Would Have Solved This

I was sitting at one of my class' tables talking about my doctor's appointment on Tuesday; I had informed them that I received a shot. This is what followed:

S: "Where did you get your shot?"

Ms. W (for some reason thinking she was asking where my doctor's is): "In Arlington."

S: "Where is your Arlington?"

M: "Oh I mean I got it in my arm."

Woops. Thank goodness it wasn't a shot that has to be administered through the bottom.

If Quizzes are Quizzicle, What are Tests?

A joke from a a student in my friend's 4th grade class:

"What did the student do when the teacher told him he had a make-up test?
He went out and bought mascara, blush, and lipstick!"

hardee-har-har.

Cut the Cord

A letter my friend received from a parent about an upcoming field trip:

"Dear Miss C,
My daughter has a skin allergy so I would like to accompany her on the upcoming field trip to the play. I hope you understand."


To be honest with you, no-I don't understand.

Someone Tried This at Home

I was enlightened about an overheard conversation from my classroom during lunch today. I have to admit, the first thing I did was laugh and just think about what must have happened at home for her to share this life lesson.

J: "Do you know what happens when you use your finger?" (referring to sticking up her middle finger)

V: "What?"

J: "If you use it, the devil will come up and take you back down there."


My guess is she didn't learn this the hard way.

The Real 6th Sense?

Back to school....back to school. Well it was a nice break while it lasted and the kiddos are sure ready to be back and share everything that they know. Including what sense we are learning about this week.

Mrs. B: "Let's see we've learned about sight, taste, touch and now we're about to read a book about our ears. What sense do you think we're going to learn about this week?"

Student (without raising his hand and shouting at the top of his lungs): CHRISTMAS!!!!

Oh yes, how could I forget the Christmas sense? Sadly, this answer will probably continue for another month.