Today I was listening to a small group of students read a book about whales. As one of the boys was reading, I instantly realized he had misread something from the section about how whales breathe. Instead of relating facts about a whale's blowhole, he read "They breathe through a butthole on the top of their head." Maybe we should have spent a little more time on the section about a whale's anatomy.
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Disappearing act
This morning a boy walked into class with his nose the color of Rudolph's. A wind chill of -15 has that effect on your extremities. I guess that story we read about Harry Houdini had a profound impact on him because I heard him whisper to the boy sitting next to him "It's so cold outside that my balls have disappeared."
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Loose
Yesterday one of my students was absent. She returned this morning along with a note that read:
"Please excuse ________ from school yesterday. She was at home suffering from loose stools. We have cleaned her up and she should be OK for school today. Call me if she gets sick again."
A simple "________ was sick yesterday. If she starts to feel ill again please let me know." would have been sufficient. I really don't need all of the details about the great toilet bowl massacre of 2008.
"Please excuse ________ from school yesterday. She was at home suffering from loose stools. We have cleaned her up and she should be OK for school today. Call me if she gets sick again."
A simple "________ was sick yesterday. If she starts to feel ill again please let me know." would have been sufficient. I really don't need all of the details about the great toilet bowl massacre of 2008.
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