Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Learnded the Rules

In my classroom management, students have to walk a lap at recess for every time they changed their clip that day. After they walk their lap(s) they have to tell me why and what they will do to change tomorrow.

Student: Mr. X, I walkded my lap.
Me: Ok, come here. Why did you have to walk?
Student: Because I talkded.
Me: Thank You...go playded now.
Other teachers: (audible laughter)

I just wanted to keep the verb tenses the same.

Friday, August 19, 2011

Just Doing Their Job

While in the science lab the teacher was using black lights to show how "germs" (aka cornstarch) are passed around. The cornstarch glows and thus everything that you have touched will have some glowing residue. In order to make it really dark she turned off the lights and then said...

Teacher: Poor chameleons, I have to turn off their heat lamp so it will be really dark.
Student: There are chameleons in there?!? I didn't even see them!

Sounding it Out

Having to give tests the first week of school, one of which is a phonics test. Students listen to me say a word and then tell me the sounds they hear. This student was trying to spell the word in addition to telling me the sounds...

Me: Rich. What sounds do you hear?
Student: Rich...rrr...R. iiiii...I. Rich. RI. Rich...RI and one of those CH's.

Monday, August 15, 2011

What I Know

While "ABC" by the Jackson5 was playing I asked...

Me: Anyone know who sings this song?
Student A: Michael Jackson
Me: Wow! That's right...what do you know about Michael Jackson
Student B: I know he painted himself white.

Do they sell that color at Sherwin Williams or is it by Benjamin Moore?