On this day, we discussed new vocabulary words and watched a slideshow with lots of questions to get everybody thinkin'.
Vocabulary word: 'cultures'
Cultures are people's way of life, the way they live, including their ideas, customs, and traditions. We talked about how people in different countries have different cultures because they eat different types of foods, they can wear different types of clothes and celebrate different holidays, etc., etc.
Question: "How can cultures be alike and different?"
Student 1: "They can wear different clothes."
Student 2: "In Jamaica, they wear these brown towel things around their waist."
Student 3: "They have a different toothbrush."
(Yes, our cultures are different because we have different toothbrushes.)
Vocabulary word: 'talents'
Question: "What kind of talents do you have?"
Student 1: "I can beat a video game in 2 days I'm not lyin'."
Student 2: "I can drive a Nascar by myself, without nobody."
Student 3: "I can arrest robbers all by myself."
Student 4: "Cheerleading."
Student 5: "Driving (I drive my momma car). My momma put me in her lap and let me drive."
(Looks like I have a lot of talented kiddos.)
Question: "What kind of instrument do you want to play?"
Student 1: "tuba"
Student 2: "piano"
Student 3: "trombone"
Student 4: "guitar"
Student 5: "microphone"
(No, not saxophone. I want ta play the microphone.)
Question: "What kind of science fair project would you like to do?"
Student 1: "Make pudding into somebody's face."
Student 2: "I would like to make a taser."
Student 3: "Spring shoes that make me jump to the moon."
Student 4: "I would like to cut open a frog and play with its guts and stuff."
(Yes, my kids are sweet and lovely. Not violent and gross. Not at all.)
Today in Math, I let them use part-part-whole mats and dry erase markers. I had collected all of the dry erase markers at the beginning of the year so we would have them when we needed them, and they would still work. So, I was about to pass out the markers, and I saw one student take 2 out of her desk. I said, "I should already have all dry erase markers." Then, I started to take hers up, and she said, "No, Miss Harris!!! They're not dry!"
(:0) hahaha...she was right.)
In my class, we use privacy folders during tests. So, they put 2 folders on the corners of their desk to prevent lil' curious eyes from awanderin'. No cheating allowed! But...they are not supposed to write on the privacy folders. Ever. But. 2nd graders sometimes do things they aren't supposed to. Yes they do. And this is what I found on a folder....
I thought it said, "Miss Harris thin." But, if you look closely, there's a k, too, so I don't know if they're telling me I'm thin or telling me to think. Hmm...well, they got me to think. But...don't think I'm going to keep being thin if I keep eating this rainbow chip icing. It is amazing!!! By the spoonfuls.....
Where does all my time go? Lesson plans and grading papers. And as I was grading papers, this is what I found. They were supposed to just rewrite the sentences with a capital letter at the beginning and a punctuation mark at the end. Instead, I had a couple of people who decided to have a conversation with their worksheet. Cracked me up.....
worksheet: my lunch is in my backpack
girl: what else is in your backpack
worksheet: what did you bring for lunch
girl: chicken
worksheet: do you want to sit with me at lunchtime
girl: yes teacher
worksheet: my new teacher is nice
girl: yep girl
worksheet: what did you bring for lunch
girl: A apple?
worksheet: do you want to sit with me at lunchtime
girl: Yes i do?
worksheet: my new teacher is nice
girl: She is nice?
(I like how she capitalized and used her punctuation marks. And I like how every sentence is a question. Yeah...she's not sure what she brought for lunch, not sure if she wants to sit with me, and not sure if I'm nice. Is she nice? Really? She is nice?????)
K...one more thing. I am not a morning person. Night owl? Yes. I could stay up as late as a 'possum. But...I need help waking up in the morning. I always hit the snooze button and don't get up 'til 7:00. Which is not good. Anyway, I have decided I think I need to make an investment in this wonderful contraption............
Clocky, 
the alarm clock that runs away after you hit the snooze button. It jumps off your nightstand, rolls around your room and finds a place to hide before it goes off again. So you HAVE to get up to turn it off. I think I need this.
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