1st grade quote of the day...

Student: "You have to be a parent to know where Santa lives."

Me: Yes, but teachers get his e-mail address so we don't have to know his home address.

Student: Oooohhhh!


In other news: Book review for "Green" by Ted Dekker coming soon! I'm determined to finish it this weekend!

Tales from 1st grade: Guess that word...continued

The day after I posted "guess that word" I had my students write a page for a class book. Our character word this week is "Thankfulness" and it's November. So, they were to complete the sentence, "I am thankful for....".

Well, imagine how hard it was for me to hold it together as I read this story over a students shoulder. I've learned not to jump to conclusions and ask the student to read their story to me.

This is the interpretation:
"I am thankful for this Earth and my parents and this school and all of my family."

So I used some "magic tape" (white out tape) to fix this innocent little blunder without the student even noticing. Now the class book is rated G!

Tales from 1st grade: Guess that word

Spelling word: hen
1st grader definition: it's on the end of your arm (hand)

You might be an elementary school teacher if you have leaned to read the following without student interpretation: (taken from actual student writings)

pardey - party
druthr - brother (reversal of b/d is extremely common)
uthere - other
poot - put
kuzn - cousin
utey - auntie
i lik to pway wit mi fin - I like to play with my friend
the shaplen is wet os I shud weyt - The trampoline is wet so I should wait
awt - out
chakalid - chocolate

It's not that hard people....

Here are a few (should be) common sense rules for the work/break room...

1. If the copier jams while you are using it, DO NOT JUST WALK AWAY WITHOUT TELLING SOMEONE! If you can't find the paper jam don't leave it for the next person!

2. If you use the microwave, WIPE IT OUT! Also, please hit the "cancel" button if you remove your food before the end of the cook time. No need to leave it for the next person.

3. If you spill something on the table, CLEAN IT UP! This may require more than a quick swipe with a dry napkin.

That's my rant for the day!

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Silence is golden?

So, I'm quite frustrated right now and really need to vent. BUT if I vent about why I'm frustrated then I fear I will only dig a deeper hole, and then be even more frustrated! Confused yet? Yeah, me too!

All I'll say is usually my NOT keeping my big mouth shut gets me in trouble. So, with my current "modified voice rest" mandate from the doctor I've been much quieter than usual. Ok, maybe not MUCH quieter, but quieter nonetheless. Anywho.....now I'm in a bit of trouble for being too quiet. Seems that gives a "I'm not on board with this" impression! I guess silence in NOT golden!

Is your sweet head spinning trying to make sense of this dear blog readers? Well, mine is too! Sorry to be so vague. Just had to vent without really venting!

Great Quote

I just heard this quote from Mac Powell (lead singer of Third Day) :

"We've heard artists say, 'we're not here to entertain you we're just here to share Jesus with you'. Well, if we don't want to entertain people then there's no reason for us to play music in the first place. It's not the most important thing, but it is important to write music that's quality music that people want to hear..... That's one of many things. We want to share our faith through this music and share God's love that's been shared with us..."

I love the honesty in this! I assure the heart for God radiated from each band member throughout the interview I saw.