Elementary School Vasectomy

Student: Mr. X, would you be mad if someone kicked your balls?
Me: Umm...excuse me?
Student: Well would you? Because he just kicked you soccer ball over the fence.
Me: Oh. I'll go get it. (whew!)

Kickin' It Old School

To help the kids remember how many days are in each month I taught them the rhyme

"30 days hath September, April, June and November. All the rest have 31." (we discussed that February was just weird!)

I went back and asked if anyone knew what "hath" meant, reminding them we had it as a spelling word earlier in the year.

Student: Yeah! It's the old school way to say have.

Mother Lovers

While doing a lesson on Theodore Roosevelt I decided to have the kids make their own personal Mt. Rushmore's (since we had already talked about all the other people earlier in the year). We discussed how each of the men were very important to American History and that their personal Mt. Rushmore's show have 4 people who were important in their lives.

Several kids picked their moms with the following reasons...

"I picked Mom because she made me."

"Without my mom, I wouldn't be here."