Hee hee hee!

Oooooh boy my kids make me laugh. The hardest part is not to laugh at them if they aren't trying to be funny. Some of the fun things from the last two days:

Playing "The Synonym Game" - students in small groups try to think of as many synonyms as they can for boring words (helps them improve their writing by giving them more interesting words to use). So the word I gave them was "pretty." Many of the boys groaned as this was a "girly" word - to which I responded that the boys better pay attention so they can give compliments to their girls! They laughed and moaned again - but one of the boys said "I already know all these words! I'm good with the ladies" (Keep in mind this is a 10 year old boy!) We all laughed :) It wasn't until later that I realized how glad I was that none of my kids came up with "sexy" as an answer :)

Sharing some answers/ideas in reading - I called on a student who had raised his hand. He didn't answer right away so I said his name again - to which he said "Ok hang on! I'm just checking it again... Santa does that every year!" We all laughed again :)

The best (worst?) one was today in science - students are working on a final project for our human body unit. The group that has the respiratory (breathing) system is being very creative about their project by glueing 3D objects to a poster board. Unfortunately the big pink balloons that they blew up and taped to the poster board look way too much like something else :) This one I had to bite my tongue and not laugh at - and thankfully they will be glueing straws and other paper on top of the balloons for the brochial tubes, etc. But for now... oh buddy :)

Today I showed the kids the trailer for "The Lightening Theif" which is the book I am reading out loud to them. It comes out in Feb so we are all very anxious!! Not to mention I have to finish the book before they see the movie :)

I do love my job!