Thursday, April 30, 2020

Things My Students Say v. 31

kid: what's this shape
me: think of an animal with 8 legs
kid: spider
me: no..well yes...but
kid: ooo spideragon!
me: no....

kid 1: i have a pet chicken
kid 2: i like to eat a lot of chicken
kid 1: you can't come over to play
kid 2: i won't eat your chicken, i promise

kid: if you eat children are you a cannonball
me: no, a cannibal 
kid: can a cannonball be a cannibal

kid: i learned the meaning of life in kindergarten
me: mr w taught you that...
kid: yeah in his sight word sentences

kid: are these hippopotamuses
me: that's a buffalo....
kid: what's the abbreviation for misery 
me: it's missouri 
kid: that's too long to be an abbreviation

kid: i want to buy clothes for my hampster
me: how do you dress a hampster
kid: carefully...

kid: dad took me to school today
me: that's cool why
kid: mom went to work...which really means the gym to work out

kid: which one is a scallion triangle 
me: scalene 
kid: exactly 

kid: there is a neighbor in my hood
kid 1: you're being shellfish
kid 2: ms. benjamin he said i was unkosher

me: how about the word....
kid: banana
me: not what i was going for

me: what's the captial of indiana
kid: indilaplolis
me: close enough

kid: this is more mathamaticicing than other things we do

kid: what's a female sheep
kid 2: a moose
me: no

me: what's a fundraiser
kid: something that raises large amounts of fun
kid: isn't phonics an animal
me: that's a phoenix

kid: i need a sharper pencil, it'll help me think

kid: i'm a glockenspiel

kid: there's a rollar coaster at the american museum of malls
me: you mean the mall of america
kid: that doesn't sound right either

kid: what's the electoral college...is that grades for colleges?

me: who knows what an alibi is
kid 1: it's like a song
kid 2: no that's a lullaby 
kid 1: is tik tok a word
kid 2: no it's an app
me: and it's not a word
kid 2: it's 2 words

me: name a drink that starts with l
kid 1: lemonade
kid 2: latte
kid 3: liquor
me: and we're done

me: what's an animal that begins with a w
kid: willy goat
me: so close

kid: why did the toilet paper cross the road
me: to get to the other side of the pandemic
kid: too soon

me: what's a store that starts with l
boy: Louis Vitton!


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15 comments:

  1. Love the chicken one! I am sure you miss the kids a lot.

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  2. ...thanks for the chuckles.

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  3. They are so funny. I’m always amazed at how quickly they think and the way their minds come up with new pathways. I miss my little toddlers so much.

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  4. Definitely my favorite category of posts!

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  5. Tamar, these are always my favorite category of posts, too! I love the toilet paper joke! Haha. Too soon. So funny!

    Shelbee
    www.shelbeeontheedge.com

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  6. I like your toilet paper joke. Simon was obsessed with glockenspiels last year. The female sheep made me lol. And Zachary calls Missouri misery all the time.

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  7. As always - laughed right out loud!! (Almost spit coffee once! Don't drink while reading these posts!!) Thank you for this today!

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  8. These are my favorites too! Thank you for brightening my morning!

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  9. Those are so funny. Thanks for sharing them.

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  10. These are soo good! Happy you shared these- made my day!

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  11. Every time you do one of these posts, I realize how much I miss teaching! :)

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  12. Love these! And your comments are just as funny as the kids'!

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