so HY-STERICAL

so i worked at another elementary school today. i was working with the kids that get pulled from classrooms when they need additional focused learning... anywho, i'm working with this one kid and i'm having to teach them how to read these words on the page and then they have to draw a picture of what the word means. so we work on this sheet and this little guy starts his little drawings which were much more advanced than i thought they would be. so here's his sheet



now here is why it's so funny... he draws what 'pet' means and flips his paper around to me and says, "this is my dog. he is a boy. this is his weenie." HOW DO YOU NOT LAUGH???? and i did, i laughed and he said, "it is. he has one." seriously, i about cried.



this same little boy a little bit later was working in a group but didn't really know what that meant so he kept trying to take the book away from the other kids so i told him to sit and we'd wait for them to finish and then we could take our time. so, this upset him because i singled him out (note to self, don't single out a small child) so, he was saying, 'why did i have to sit and be punished?' and i told him that he wasn't being punished i just wanted him to work on his assignment slowly so he knew what he was doing and he said in his little squeaky voice with a semi-lisp, "no. wait, you're not listening to me. i am the only one telling the truth here and you need to believe me. listen carefully. i wasn't doing anything wrong." and i said, "i know you weren't doing anything wrong," and he says again, "you're not listening to me. i am the only one telling the truth." i was cracking up... after i brought him back to class. ah first graders.

and here is the picture of what happens when two little girls are bored while aunt katie takes a shower. this is one ticked off schnauzer.



tomorrow...fifth grade and then a biz meeting... good times.
k