My Top Three...

I am listing her my top three favorite quotes of the week...

#3- The third grade class was working on compound words this week. They were struggling with the concept, thinking that you can put any two words together. One boy raises his hand, thinks he finally has one... "Boytoy!"

#2- In my own class yesterday, little miss, calls me over to the window, we have view of the first grade entrance. School had just began and kids were still coming into the building.
She is literally shouting, "Look they can't get out! They are stuck! They are trying but they are stuck!"
I go over there to find out what she is talking about.
She says, "Look the humans are stuck!"
I look at her and said, "Did you just say humans?" Thinking I had heard her wrong.
"Yes."
"Honey, the humans would be people."

#1- Top quote of the week comes from the sixth grade classroom. A boy goes up to the teachers and while pulling and jiggling the skin beneath his elbow, asks what this is called.
Before she can answer, one of the other boys says, "Oh that's called foreskin!"

Who Ever Smelt It...

I don't think I have ever had a class quite like this one. Everyday, yes everyday, several times a day, I have to deal with farts. If someone is not farting, they are smelling it, if not smelling it, they are covering their noses, if not covering their noses, they are making fart noises, if not making fart noises, they are commenting on something sounding like a fart.

And boy, if you are in the middle of lesson and someone smells one, you are never, I repeat, never going to get those kids back for the rest of the lesson. Now, I have to admit, someone has a problem with bad gas in the room. Of course they all blame each other.

In other news, the fire alarm went off today, as a result of someone in the staff lounge burning their burrito in the microwave. Good thing we have had three drills in the past two weeks. We exited the building, in the cold rain, with no coats. The high today was like 45, I felt bad for them. Luckily we were able to get back in quickly. Is it Friday yet?

A Week in Review...

Yikes... Dare I even say this? I MeMimi, turned 30 this week, it was my golden birthday! I know some of you are thinking, 30 been there done that! I actually don't care about the number (that's what I tell myself) :)

I didn't technically announce my birthday to the kids, but it's on the birthday chart so there was no way escaping that one. Actually, they were incredibly kind and brought me presents; body soaps, lotions, sprays (do I smell here, are they trying to tell me something? HA) One boy gave me a notepad and a pen set, he wrapped it in bounty paper towel, which I thought was terribly adorable.

He says, "You know what you can do with it?"
Me, "Write notes in it?"
Him,"Nope, write the names of the naughty kids."

Mr. Thingy (see post Never Dull...) is obsessed with Michael Jackson songs lately. He sings all the time. During math group he asked me if I knew any songs. Well of course I do, then was forced to sing parts of every song I could think of. How does he suck me in every tine and manage to get me off course?

We had two fire drills this week. It seems every year they actually alarm that goes off gets louder and louder. It's hard to tell the kids not to cover their ears, when I am so tempted to.

This year classes can receive compliments from staff, they record them down.
After the drill, on the way back to the classroom, one of my little misses tells the teacher next door, "Mrs. J, I was very impressed at how great your students were during the fire drill. I am giving them a compliment."

Good for her for trying, but compliments can only be given from adults. I am thourougly loving my kids more and more each day.