When you were in school do you remember getting excited about the treat that your mom would send in for your birthday? I remember my mom always making bags with popcorn and M&M's for my birthday.
Most children bring in cupcakes, but today we got cookies. My student's birthday is tomorrow and he will be 11. Instead of giving them out at lunch, we waited until the end of the day. I passed out napkins and each child received their treat. Right as we were beginning to sing Happy Birthday, one of my table groups erupted into laughter. When the song was complete the following conversation occurred:
Me: "What are you all laughing at?"
Girl: "He put a sprinkle in his eye!" pointing and laughing at said student, who by the way had his back to me.
Me: "What?" In my head I was thinking there is no way I heard her correctly. No child in their right mind would put a sprinkle in their eye.
Girl: "No, really he put it in his eye!" At this point the student in question turned to face me. His right eye filled with tears as he pulled on it. He was laughing at his poor decision along with his peers .
I asked the student to walk over to me... then ask:
Me: "What have you learned from this experience?"
Boy: "Not to do it again. It hurts."
Me: " Very good idea."
Moral of the story: Do not place sprinkles in your eye, they hurt (or so I have been told).
Friday, January 21, 2011
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Did She Really Just Say That?
Today while teaching a math lesson one of my girls, who sits in the front, made the following announcement:
"Ms. Finnegan, the hairs in your nose are blond. I have never seen anyone with blond nose hair."
My response:
"Well, I guess that is better the having thick black nose hair."
What else was I supposed to say. In my head I was thinking, did she really just say that?
Just another day at the office.
Oh P.S. by the way...it probably doesn't help matters much that there is a full moon and the kids were bouncing off the walls today.
"Ms. Finnegan, the hairs in your nose are blond. I have never seen anyone with blond nose hair."
My response:
"Well, I guess that is better the having thick black nose hair."
What else was I supposed to say. In my head I was thinking, did she really just say that?
Just another day at the office.
Oh P.S. by the way...it probably doesn't help matters much that there is a full moon and the kids were bouncing off the walls today.
Sunday, December 26, 2010
And The Answers Are...
I know I know.... I promised answers way sooner... but I got overwhelmed and busy with grades ect. The last week of school....
And the answers are:
Silly Band One: Glow in the dark Princess Crown (so I can find it when the lights are off)
Silly Band Two: Purple glittery telephone
Silly Band Three: Glow in the dark peep toed high heal shoe (again so I can find it in the dark)
Silly Band Four: Rhino
Silly Band Five: Here is how the conversation went with the giver when she placed it in my hand...
Me: What is this?
Giver: Its a silly ring!!!
M: Oh, I see that, but what is it supposed to be? ( In my head I was thinking of the most inappropriate object it could have been.) The Eiffel Tower?
G: It's a guitar!!!
M: Of course it is. I see it now.
The rest of the day I showed it to my co-workers who also had the same thoughts as me.
Oh the joys of teaching Young Humans.
And the answers are:
Silly Band One: Glow in the dark Princess Crown (so I can find it when the lights are off)
Silly Band Two: Purple glittery telephone
Silly Band Three: Glow in the dark peep toed high heal shoe (again so I can find it in the dark)
Silly Band Four: Rhino
Silly Band Five: Here is how the conversation went with the giver when she placed it in my hand...
Me: What is this?
Giver: Its a silly ring!!!
M: Oh, I see that, but what is it supposed to be? ( In my head I was thinking of the most inappropriate object it could have been.) The Eiffel Tower?
G: It's a guitar!!!
M: Of course it is. I see it now.
The rest of the day I showed it to my co-workers who also had the same thoughts as me.
Oh the joys of teaching Young Humans.
Sunday, December 12, 2010
SILLY BANDS
I had mentioned one day in class that I have never been given any silly bands. So of course the sweet girls in my class decided that they need to change this and the gave my the following silly bands and silly ring.
Can you guess what they are? Leave your guesses in the comment section.
Silly Band One:
Silly Band Two:
Silly Band three:
Silly Band Four:
And Finally:
Can you guess what they are? Leave your guesses in the comment section.
Silly Band One:
Silly Band Two:
Silly Band three:
Silly Band Four:
And Finally:
Friday, November 19, 2010
Kids Say...
We have all hear the saying "Kids say the darnest things" and as a teacher we hear them often. I have medention a few in previous blogs.
http://tigerteacher03.blogspot.com/2010/09/life-lessons-from-fifth-grade-boy.html
http://tigerteacher03.blogspot.com/2010/07/i-was-walking-last-night-around-my.html read #3
Last week I hit the mother load with one particular student. At the time these comments were not funny, but as I look back at them I have no other chose but to laugh.
On Tuesday, he had returned to my room from a visit to the office. I had my teaching partner's class in my room for Science and he was instructed to get his Social Studies materials and go to my partner's room for Social Studies. As he was running and skipping through my room, he begin to yell at the students. "Shut Up!", "Stop Looking at Me!", and then the unforgettable "BREAK Yo'SELF Fool!" He repeated this over and over and over. I responded with, "You are not Mr. T, please stop yelling and calling people fools." Did not help. This behavior continued in my partner's class where three teachers had to figure out a way to make it stop. One teacher would get my student settled, then walk over to another student only to hear ,"Break yo'self fool!" the moment she put her attention on anther student. After further investigation we discovered that this lovely phrase is from the movie Friday. Joy, a 10 year old is watching Friday.
Wednesday he turned The follow assignment:
4. What lesson did the Judge want Manuel to learn?
"Don't drink the juice is you don't know the flavor."
While very wise words to live by, this statement has nothing to do with the story he read. Again after further investigation, we found that this phrase is from the movie Juice, which has been playing repeatedly on Encore lately. Again, the joy I feel toward cinema is overwhelming.
And lastly, my personal favorite:
Thursday on his way to car riders he approached a staff member and ask the following question:
"Yo, Tiffany, Where my ride at?"
As you know calling a teacher by their first name is not our most favorite way to be greeted, and being asked question that end in prepositions is aggravating. Oh the respect children have for adults.
I hope you enjoy this entry of my blog, yo!
http://tigerteacher03.blogspot.com/2010/09/life-lessons-from-fifth-grade-boy.html
http://tigerteacher03.blogspot.com/2010/07/i-was-walking-last-night-around-my.html read #3
Last week I hit the mother load with one particular student. At the time these comments were not funny, but as I look back at them I have no other chose but to laugh.
On Tuesday, he had returned to my room from a visit to the office. I had my teaching partner's class in my room for Science and he was instructed to get his Social Studies materials and go to my partner's room for Social Studies. As he was running and skipping through my room, he begin to yell at the students. "Shut Up!", "Stop Looking at Me!", and then the unforgettable "BREAK Yo'SELF Fool!" He repeated this over and over and over. I responded with, "You are not Mr. T, please stop yelling and calling people fools." Did not help. This behavior continued in my partner's class where three teachers had to figure out a way to make it stop. One teacher would get my student settled, then walk over to another student only to hear ,"Break yo'self fool!" the moment she put her attention on anther student. After further investigation we discovered that this lovely phrase is from the movie Friday. Joy, a 10 year old is watching Friday.
Wednesday he turned The follow assignment:
4. What lesson did the Judge want Manuel to learn?
"Don't drink the juice is you don't know the flavor."
While very wise words to live by, this statement has nothing to do with the story he read. Again after further investigation, we found that this phrase is from the movie Juice, which has been playing repeatedly on Encore lately. Again, the joy I feel toward cinema is overwhelming.
And lastly, my personal favorite:
Thursday on his way to car riders he approached a staff member and ask the following question:
"Yo, Tiffany, Where my ride at?"
As you know calling a teacher by their first name is not our most favorite way to be greeted, and being asked question that end in prepositions is aggravating. Oh the respect children have for adults.
I hope you enjoy this entry of my blog, yo!
Friday, November 5, 2010
Un Expected Vacation
For those of you who don't know... my last blog post was the last day I had been at school until this week. I fell and broke my right ankle (had 2 screws put in), sprained my left ankle, fractured my right foot, and sprained my right thumb.
How did I do this, you may ask... I jumped down the choir risers at church and my ankles gave out from under me. OOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWW!!! It hurt.
I was out of school for 7 weeks and now I am working. I am using an electric wheel chair that the students call the E.W. or the ewwwwwwwwwww. It has been a rough go this week: Teaching with no lesson plans, Bumping into furniture, and Running on empty by noon!!! I am sure this will bring on some very interesting stories that I will share as we go.
I have a great post upcoming on silly bands, this is a can't miss post. 'Till we meet again!!!
How did I do this, you may ask... I jumped down the choir risers at church and my ankles gave out from under me. OOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWW!!! It hurt.
I was out of school for 7 weeks and now I am working. I am using an electric wheel chair that the students call the E.W. or the ewwwwwwwwwww. It has been a rough go this week: Teaching with no lesson plans, Bumping into furniture, and Running on empty by noon!!! I am sure this will bring on some very interesting stories that I will share as we go.
I have a great post upcoming on silly bands, this is a can't miss post. 'Till we meet again!!!
Friday, September 17, 2010
Life Lessons from a Fifth Grade Boy
Theme: This is the topic that we have be focusing on during reading the past couple days.
What is the moral of the story?
What does this story teach us?
What is the life lesson the story tells us?
Today I read the story Sleeping Ugly. Think princess, fairy, evil sleeping spell, and a prince's kiss as the wake up call. Your typical fairy tale with a fun twist. Well after I read the story the students were supposed to respond in their RRJ (reading response journal) about what the theme of the story could be.
Here are a few examples:
"It's what is on the inside that counts."
"Don't judge a book by its cover."
But my personal favorite...
"Don't marry someone, if you don't know their name."
While this is a very true and wise statement, I don't think this was a main and hard core theme of the story. But yet, I can some how see his wisdom through the comment. Very wise.
What is the moral of the story?
What does this story teach us?
What is the life lesson the story tells us?
Today I read the story Sleeping Ugly. Think princess, fairy, evil sleeping spell, and a prince's kiss as the wake up call. Your typical fairy tale with a fun twist. Well after I read the story the students were supposed to respond in their RRJ (reading response journal) about what the theme of the story could be.
Here are a few examples:
"It's what is on the inside that counts."
"Don't judge a book by its cover."
But my personal favorite...
"Don't marry someone, if you don't know their name."
While this is a very true and wise statement, I don't think this was a main and hard core theme of the story. But yet, I can some how see his wisdom through the comment. Very wise.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)