today the class and i were talking about how friday will be the first day of october. one thing lead to another and we were talking about halloween costumes. mother said she either wanted to be a hundred dollar bill or a fairy. i asked her if i could take her to the bank and cash her. she said, "no, miss a! teheheh!"
then hunter looked at me and said, "i'll take you to the bank."
"how much do you think they will give you for me?"
"i think they'll give me $600"
at this point i'm thinking that isn't too bad.
then... wiggles chimes in, "i think they'd give you $1!"
my thinking, "sad"
with a smile, hunter said, "no. one cent."
in the span of 1 minute i depreciated from being worth $600 to one cent...
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Hiding my giggles
Wiggles had a good one on Monday.
In science we are learning all about plants: parts, flowers, seeds, what they need. All that jazz. We are doing an experiment to test what plants need to survive. We have one mum plant that is getting water and sun. One that is getting sun but no water. And another that is getting water but no sun. when I bought the plants, their soil was REALLY wet. It took about 10 days (on last Friday) for us to finally see a change in the plant getting sun but no water. i…we were very excited to see a change. We were also excited to see what it was going to look like when we came back to school on Monday.
Guess what I discovered when I got to school this morning (other than my students’ desks being rearranged). Our yellow mum (the one whose destiny was set for death) was alive and kicking!!! WHAT?????? HOW DID THIS HAPPEN?!?!?!
Well, J, the other teacher and I, figured that it had to be our new custodian. She is a grandma. Of course she would water a droopy, dying plant.
So at our morning meeting today, I pulled out our resurrected mum. The kiddos were choked. We brainstormed ideas of what happened, and then started think about how we could catch the culprit.
This is where Wiggles comes in. here is his idea: “Ms. Stoltz. We should get a dragon. Then, when the person comes in, the dragon could get them.” I say, “Well, Wiggles, wouldn’t that destroy our whole room.” He responded with, “You just have to find a dragon with a smaller flame, Ms. Stoltz, so it just gets the person.”
I giggled.
In science we are learning all about plants: parts, flowers, seeds, what they need. All that jazz. We are doing an experiment to test what plants need to survive. We have one mum plant that is getting water and sun. One that is getting sun but no water. And another that is getting water but no sun. when I bought the plants, their soil was REALLY wet. It took about 10 days (on last Friday) for us to finally see a change in the plant getting sun but no water. i…we were very excited to see a change. We were also excited to see what it was going to look like when we came back to school on Monday.
Guess what I discovered when I got to school this morning (other than my students’ desks being rearranged). Our yellow mum (the one whose destiny was set for death) was alive and kicking!!! WHAT?????? HOW DID THIS HAPPEN?!?!?!
Well, J, the other teacher and I, figured that it had to be our new custodian. She is a grandma. Of course she would water a droopy, dying plant.
So at our morning meeting today, I pulled out our resurrected mum. The kiddos were choked. We brainstormed ideas of what happened, and then started think about how we could catch the culprit.
This is where Wiggles comes in. here is his idea: “Ms. Stoltz. We should get a dragon. Then, when the person comes in, the dragon could get them.” I say, “Well, Wiggles, wouldn’t that destroy our whole room.” He responded with, “You just have to find a dragon with a smaller flame, Ms. Stoltz, so it just gets the person.”
I giggled.
Friday, September 10, 2010
an introduction to my students
i have decided to make up nicknames for my students so i can tell you more about them, and you'll be able to know them better. it it kind of boring when all i can say is "one of my students."
so here they are:
artist: artist is a 3rd grader. she is a great drawer. that is why i'm calling her artist. when we write stories she is always the last to turn her's in, not because she is taking that long to write but because she draws fantastic pictures for each page.
mother: mother is the other 3rd grader. she and artist are cousins. mother loves to help the kindergartners in my class. i was going to call her teacher, but i thought you might get her and i confused. mother loves to tell stories.
genius: genius is a 2nd grader. he is VERY smart. we are talking the smart that keeps me on my toes :S i put him into all of my 3rd grade lessons and then give him the harder worksheets. he could probable me in 4th or 5th grade. but he's 7 going on 8 and acts like it. he is also tall for his age. with how smart and how tall he is, i sometimes forget that he is 7 and think, "why are you doing that?" and then i remember, "that's right.... YOU ARE 7." then i take a breath and teach what is appropriate.
wiggles: wiggles is genius' little brother. i could probable call him genius, jr... he is a kindergarten student reading at the level that most 1st graders read at in the middle of the year. he also keeps me on my toes. i want him to have his own identity so he gets wiggle, not genius jr. he got the name wiggles because he always needs to be moving. this week, wiggles and i had to have a little chat... he likes to take the things i'm using for the lessons and the sit at me and grin. a big, adorable grin. but it is ALL the time. hopefully he'll stop doing that.
hunter: hunter is the other kindergartner. he likes to tell stories about hunting. the other day we were making up stories. here was hunters, "i went hunting with my bow and arrow. i shot a pheasant. i told my dog to fetch. we took it home to eat it." hunter also loves to tell stories, climb as high as he can on the playground and say things like, "it startled me" and "not one bit."
so there they are: my 5 kiddos.
so here they are:
artist: artist is a 3rd grader. she is a great drawer. that is why i'm calling her artist. when we write stories she is always the last to turn her's in, not because she is taking that long to write but because she draws fantastic pictures for each page.
mother: mother is the other 3rd grader. she and artist are cousins. mother loves to help the kindergartners in my class. i was going to call her teacher, but i thought you might get her and i confused. mother loves to tell stories.
genius: genius is a 2nd grader. he is VERY smart. we are talking the smart that keeps me on my toes :S i put him into all of my 3rd grade lessons and then give him the harder worksheets. he could probable me in 4th or 5th grade. but he's 7 going on 8 and acts like it. he is also tall for his age. with how smart and how tall he is, i sometimes forget that he is 7 and think, "why are you doing that?" and then i remember, "that's right.... YOU ARE 7." then i take a breath and teach what is appropriate.
wiggles: wiggles is genius' little brother. i could probable call him genius, jr... he is a kindergarten student reading at the level that most 1st graders read at in the middle of the year. he also keeps me on my toes. i want him to have his own identity so he gets wiggle, not genius jr. he got the name wiggles because he always needs to be moving. this week, wiggles and i had to have a little chat... he likes to take the things i'm using for the lessons and the sit at me and grin. a big, adorable grin. but it is ALL the time. hopefully he'll stop doing that.
hunter: hunter is the other kindergartner. he likes to tell stories about hunting. the other day we were making up stories. here was hunters, "i went hunting with my bow and arrow. i shot a pheasant. i told my dog to fetch. we took it home to eat it." hunter also loves to tell stories, climb as high as he can on the playground and say things like, "it startled me" and "not one bit."
so there they are: my 5 kiddos.
Monday, September 6, 2010
surving 3 weeks of school
school started on Aug. 18 for me. things have been going well. most days, my 5 kids are very well behaved. here are the highlights so far:
when playing with letters, one of my kindergartners spelled fin. he was asked "how do you know that fin is a word?" he responded, "Because when you're not fat, your fin."
one of the pages in the book that the kindergartners and i made has a page in it that says, "2 snakes cuddling because it is cold."
on monday i was talking about getting my haircut. the next day, i was asked, "ms. s, when are you going to pull your hair out?"
we'll see what else the next week brings.
when playing with letters, one of my kindergartners spelled fin. he was asked "how do you know that fin is a word?" he responded, "Because when you're not fat, your fin."
one of the pages in the book that the kindergartners and i made has a page in it that says, "2 snakes cuddling because it is cold."
on monday i was talking about getting my haircut. the next day, i was asked, "ms. s, when are you going to pull your hair out?"
we'll see what else the next week brings.
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