May Quotables and Moments

~ (from one of the quickly scratched down notes):  "Mrs. F, can you make a copy of this for me?  My mom won't believe me." -student unknown

~So we've been working on Nat King Cole's L-O-V-E (L is for the love you give to me.  O is you're the only one I see.  V is very, very....) I've got my itunes on the dock and we are EN-GAGED!    Alexander is doing a shoulder shimmy, Sophie and Samuel have picked up the words quickly, they seem to be getting the acrosticcomponent and I'm feeling VIRTUOUS!  This is classic stuff, my students are learning great music, being introduced to a form of writing AND having fun.  Suddenly, my phone rings!  Yep, that's right- it's still in the dock, turned up to 40.  Anyone familiar with Flo Rida?  Rapper? No?  Well, it's a ringtone on my phone.  The words go something like this: "Whoooaaa, sometimes, I get a good feeling, yeah!  I get a feeling like I neva neva neva had befo. " Quite the contrast from Nat King Cole. The children stopped their singing, looked confused for a moment and we all burst into laughter!  (Could be one of those "you had to be there" moments)

~One of our vocab words is "stench."  We practice vocab during morning meeting greeting.  The children are to use a vocabulary word to greet their partner.  Maxine to Dylan:  "Good morning Dylan.  Did you take a shower last night, because you have a terrible stench."  Luckily, Dilly's got a great sense of humor.  We all thought it was funny.

~Whilst studying pigs during our math unit, we were charting the types of foods that come from pigs.  Once again, Maxine, generally one of the more quiet and subdued students, goes on a rant about bacon and ribs.  She manages to incorporate ribs into most of her comments that day.

Inspiration Day:

~Sophie:  "Can animals inspire you?"

~Tre: "My dad inspires me because he fought in the war."

~Me to Seth: "Who inspired you today?"

Seth: "Nobody."

Me: "Nobody?"

Seth: "Yes, because that was Odysseus' nickname.  He fooled The Cyclops by saying he was 'nobody'.  I'm inspired by Odysseus."

~Idalee:  "Martin Luther King, because he's brave; and you, because you're kind and nice."  (THAT one caught me off guard.  They saw tears).

~Dylan:  "Mrs. F, I don't have a costume.  I'm just going to act like my dad." 

~Leo: (not sure what we were doing, but he was overheard saying to Dylan), "Isn't school magical?"

They slay me!