Today My First Grader Said...

On this page I plan to save all those funny things my firsties say.  



9/17/15

Me teaching a lesson on brainstorming writing ideas:  What is your favorite place?
L:  The inside of a chicken coop.


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9/18/15
M:  I have many presents.  I can run fast, I can read, and I can play soccer really good.
Me:  I see.  It sounds like you have many gifts.

9/18/15

I was born on my birthday!  Guys!  Guys, listen!  I was BORN on my BIRTHDAY!

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1/14/15
Me:  *turns to a page with a muskox*  How is this picture different from the others we've seen so far?
M:  Oh, I dunno, maybe it's that it's brown and all the other animals have been white and blend in with the snow?!
Me:  Yes.  Thank you for that completely correct and sarcastic answer.
Sort of felt like I was back in fourth grade for a minute there!  Right up until the MLK assembly during which L decided to sit with his head resting on me.

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I went to Chucky Cheese Its.  -E

C:  The past means it already happened and the present means it's happening now.
Me:  That's a great definition!  Class, did you know that another word for "now" is "the present?"  Isn't that strange?  When I hear "present" I think of gifts.
M:  Maybe that's because today is a gift!

I know, this one is cliche.  But this conversation actually happened, in my classroom, on 12/12/14.  Awesome feeling to be right there for it and not just see it on TV!

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(Giving a test) Me:  Remember to underline the diagraphs.
L:  There aren't any.
Me:  Yes, there are.
L:  No there's not.
Me:  Yeah, okay, there's not.
*B makes eye contact with me*
Me (mouths the words silently) Yes, there are.
B (mouths the words silently back) I know.

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First week of school:
L:  I love Jitter Juice so much I'm saving it for later!
*I look at his desk and don't see a cup*
Me:  Um...where are you saving it?
*L opens his desk to reveal his cup of juice.

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