Enjoy a few of these memorable moments from my classroom...
Written on a sticky note to me:
get involops from ofice pleas and downt forgat
(You just have to smile at the Spelling
mistakes kids make sometimes!)
mistakes kids make sometimes!)
Girl (handing out papers):
Mrs. Jones, someone wrote "Wuss" at the top of this paper.
Mrs. J: No, sweetheart. That's N---'s name.
On our first Math test:
Is 24 prime or composite? prime
How can you tell? because it has a lot of plomis
Written in a girl's agenda about Spelling that day:
Hobophone Activity
Introducing our Nutrition Science unit:
Talking about how calcium makes your
bones strong and helps them grow:
bones strong and helps them grow:
Student #1: Do adults need calcium?
Mrs. J: Yes, but adults' bones don't usually grow like kids' bones do.
Student #2: Yeah, can't you tell? Mrs. Jones hasn't grown at all!
Some of the messages written on notes confiscated:
scroow you and skumbag
(Being mean is something we're constantly working on this year.)When talking about Columbus and his voyages:
Columbus sailed on the Petunia, the Santa Maria, and the Sunflower.
When arguing, getting upset, stomping off,
and shouting out in the middle of inside recess:
Nobody understands what I went through last night.
I had a gun pointed to my head.
Then, to the class, after sharing this experience with the principal and confessing:I had a gun pointed to my head.
It was a lie. I'm sorry.
While a student was filling a pitcher to water the plants:
That faucet's slower than my grandma!
On a recent assignment I graded:
A teacher's job is rarely boring with her students. Sometimes I want to pull my hair out. Sometimes these kids can be downright entertaining. Hope the second half of the year will be just as memorable!