Candy

After a long discussion with a student about our favorite types of candy...

Student: I like milky ways. They just taste so...milky!

Kids Have the BEST Compliments!

Student: Mrs. Tull, you look like you should be on one of those Yoplait commercials? Ya know, the yogurt...
Me: Um, okay, why?
Student: Because they always have pretty people doing them.

AWWW, love my kids!!!

Shrimp

Student: Where do shrimp come from?
Me: Their moms!
Student: And where do they come from?
Me: Their moms!
Student: And where do THEY come from?
...Another student: You see, there's this thing called Adam and Eve....


And with that...I walked away...

You learn something new every day...

Student: Did you know that if you throw up on grass, it turns green?

Science Creativity

Me: What do we call an organism that eats another organism?
Student: A cold blooded killer.

But my mom calls me one!

The counselor walked into my room: May I see all the girls in the hallway real quick?

So all the girls go out...

Boy student: (who clearly didn't listen) Am I supposed to go in the hallway?
Me: Are you a girl?
Boy student: Well, my mom calls me one.

Little People

Student K: This weekend, I saw 2 little people driving in a really small car. It was really funny.

Two days later, same student...

Student: I have something to tell you and yes, it's school related and yes, it's very important.
Me (now knowing it is not school related and not important): Ok...
Student: How do you talk to midgits?
Me: I don't know, how? (thinking it was some kind of joke)
Student: No, that's what I'm asking you!
Me: Like you talk to anybody else!
Student: Oh, okay.

Small People

Student N: Everybody knows that small people have loud voices.
Student J: That's not true, because D----- is small and he's normal!

Interesting compliment

In the copy room....

Another teacher: I just have one more copy to make.
Me: No worries, take your time.
Other teacher: Oh, I didn't know that was your voice. You have a cool voice!

Class Pet

On Friday, we were coming in from recess and I found one of my students already in the classroom (without permission).

Me: What are you doing in here?
Student S: Can I tell you the truth?
Me: Um, YES!
Student S: Well, I wanted to take the class fish home as my pet.

Realizing that the floor and computer table are covered with water, and in the student's hands is a ziplock bag with water in it....

Student S: It flopped out of my hands and I couldn't pick it back up.
Me: Well, it's dead now.

Mistake Reflection

Students had to write about a time they made a mistake and the lesson they learned from it....

First sentence of the student reflection: A time I had made a mistake is when I was at camp and I called this girl's sister a ugly migit.

Book Fair

While at the school book fair....

Student T: Mrs. Tull!!!!! There's a Justin Bieber book!!!! (practically screaming)

5 minutes later...

Same student: Mrs. Tull!!!!! There's a Justin Bieber poster toooooo!!!!


I just shook my head at her...

Spelling

Spelling word: PLEASURE

Sentence student turned in: I pleasure you.


OH geez!

Science review

The kids have their end of the marking period science test tomorrow so we were doing a review in class using Senteo clickers. We were going over the answers....

Question: "Which of these is NOT a solution?"
The answer choices: A) hot cocoa B) Italian salad dressing
C) Maple syrup D) lemonade

Most of the kids put either Italian salad dressing (the correct answer) or maple syrup.

Me: "Will somebody share why they think the answer is maple syrup?"
Student T: "Because you can take the bacon out of it."
Me: "Bacon?? In syrup?? Have you ever been to IHOP and had bacon in the syrup?"
Student T: "Oh, guess not."

The sad thing was, that I had about 5 kids agree with her that bacon was in maple syrup....gross.

Deaf or death???

We were reading a story about Roberto Clemente and how he helped a boy that was deaf....

Me: "So what does it mean if you are deaf?"
Student K: "That you are dying."

I couldn't even say anything, I lost it with laughter for a good 5 minutes....and the class lost it with me.

In the student's defense, he thought I said "death".

Rosa Parks

The kids were given a Rosa Parks reading passage and needed to answer questions on her....


Q: What do you think is meant when the last paragraph states that Mrs. Parks had a “quiet strength?”

A: She didn’t have alot of energy so she was probaly dying.

baseball

Student C: Is that your favorite baseball player hanging up?
Me: Well, I do love Ryan Zimmerman!!
Student C: Does your husband know about this? (with arms crossed)

Appearances

These all happened at different points in the same day....I wish they were this observant and engaged in what they are learning....


Student T: "You look so tall and pretty today."

Student K: "You look weird wearing hoop earrings."

Student D: "Did you get a perm?"

Numbers In Our World

While doing an intro math lesson....

I had 5 numbers on the board that represented something about my life and the kids had to guess what those numbers meant...for example: 2,006 was the year I graduated college.

Number on the board: 1,953
Me: So what do you think this number represents?
Student: The year you were born?
Me: Wow, you think I look like I'm 57??

......Sorry kids, I'm only 25. That's the year my parents were born.

Never tell an adult this!!

Student J: "Mrs. Tull! You have gray hair!"
Me: "WHATTTT! WHERE?" Then I frantically start rubbing my hair....
Student J: "Well, turn to the side...(I turn)...Oh, I was wrong, no gray hair yet."
Me: "Please never scare me like that again!"