Out of the Mouths of Students

I have a few minutes before I head back into PARCC testing so I thought I would dash off a quick post of a few funny moments that happened last week.

My 5th graders have been exploring MOOD during their author study of Chris Van Allsburg.  Last week's lesson was to create a tweet as if they were the author.  They also had to create a Twitter username for Chris Van Allsburg.  They were super creative but I think my favorite had to be @chrisvanmoody. 

I am teaching first grade students about being good readers and that good readers make connections.  I asked them to give me some examples of connections at the beginning of the lesson so that I could make sure they knew what a connection was so they could apply that to reading.  A lot of answers were things I would expect: a plug and a socket, Legos and pencil in a sharpener. 

But one lovely young lady raised her hand and said, "My aunt makes connections because she is on Match.com and she goes on lots of dates because she wants a husband."

 

 

So off to test with that chuckle in my mind!  Tomorrow Kelly and I meet to work on the Common Ground presentation and I also have some Lighthouse School Librarians coming to visit.  Look for some upcoming special guest blogger posts.