October 2010

October 4
"I'm a temporary fairy!"

October 5
Coming from my student who was a temporary fairy yesterday..."I'm a permanent fairy." I asked, "What does a permanent fairy do?"
Response: "Takes the princess to the ball."

October 6
"Miss Cunningham, are you EVER going to get married?" followed by, "I hope we all [all the first graders] get to be in your wedding."

October 7
We all sit down at the rug, I'm ready to start Bible, and a student raises his hand and says, "Do you have some bacon?"

October 8
"I want to go camping and take my dad's sword. [Then I could fight a bear]......I think I'd win."

October 12
After passing out Phonics flashcards for the kids to read during our reading group, I was being silly after they had read them, and said, "Okay, give me your cards back. Gimme, gimme, gimme!" and one of the students said, "What?! You need to use your manners!"

October 13
I went to a seminar today and had to leave work early for it, so I told the kids that I was going to a meeting that would teach me how to be a good teacher. They said, "But you're already a good teacher!" and I said, "Thank you! But, I want to be an even BETTER teacher than I already am," and one student said, "But you're already a better teacher than you already are!"

October 14
a student said he wants to go back to the dentist, have teeth pulled to get more money from the Tooth Fairy, and buy a video game. When I said, "By the time you get enough money from the Tooth Fairy, you're not gonna have any teeth left to chew with!" he responded with this, after thinking quietly for a few seconds: "I have a better plan. I'll wait for Santa to bring me the video game."

October 18
During playtime at the end of our day, a few girls were pretending to teach reading groups at the back table of our classroom. One called over to me, "We're doing Reading Groups without you Miss Cunningham, and it's not going WELL!"

October 21
When one child asked, "Why aren't we doing page (enter page number here)?" another answered in a very high pitched, proper-sounding voice, "Because we've already done that page, darling!"

October 25
One student said, "My dad is coming home [from a business trip] today!" and his sister replied, "MINE, TOO!"

October 28
kid quote came today, when I was holding an ice pack that had the words, "Freez Pak" printed on it. A student said, "Miss Cunningham, I don't think freeze is spelled right." I said, "No, it's not...in fact, neither is pack, huh?" and she said, "No! Then why did you buy it?"