Only in 1st Grade...

Today I was teaching reading to my kids on the carpet. We were adding sight words to our Word Wall and the word we were adding was door. The kids were trying to guess what word I had in my hand. So I gave them a clue. The clue I gave was: "This word rhymes with more".

The first guess: "Whore?"

The funny thing is...the kid had no clue what the word meant and neither did any of the other kids. They are 6 and 7 years old, after all. So I quickly said "That's not it, any other guesses?" (while silently laughing in my head).

It gets better.

The next guess was one of my ESOL students. She doesn't speak much English but she loves to participate so her hand is always up. I called on her and she answered...

"Octopus!"

Only in 1st grade...

Thin Mints

I got a call earlier this evening from my 8 year old niece. She called from my sister's cell phone and I was eating dinner at the time, so I didn't answer. Then James' phone rang and I got kind of worried. Anytime someone calls both our phones I assume it's bad news.

So I answered James phone and it was Maddie. She reprimanded me for not answering my phone then asked me if I wanted to buy girl scout cookies from her. I told her we'd buy a box of Thin Mints. She replied with "That's it?" I told her, "Yes, we're on a diet". And she replied with "But you're not fat." So then I told her we didn't have much money because we're saving to buy a house. She squealed (literally) with delight over this statement. Who would've thought an 8 year old would be so excited about real estate? Then she says "So you're going to have babies soon!?!"

Too funny.

Speaking of five year olds...

This is funny...

A chart made by a 5-yr-old...rating her friends + Jesus.

Jesus always seems to win such competitions.

My 5 year old niece is hilarious...

Comment made my our niece last night:


"Look guys, I can jump with no legs!"


(tries to jump with no legs)


"Nevermind."

Teacher Appreciation Week

This week is Teacher Appreciation Week and so today my room mom brought in a gift basket full of teachery supplies from my students...post-its, markers, paperclips, etc. One of my little girls got me a gift card and in it was this note:

than (thank) you Mirs. Ashre for tething (teaching) me evin win Im inoing (annoying). Love from __________ (her name).

I couldn't stop laughing. First of all, the spelling itself was pretty entertaining....and this girl is so far from being annoying. Too funny.

Kids are funny

One of my 1st graders was sitting in his chair yesterday with his head tucked under his arm. When I asked him what he was doing, he said he was smelling his armpit. I asked him why and he said they smelled good. I gave him a questioning look and he told me he put on his mom's deodorant that morning.

Kids are funny.