kid quotes!
Day 1: (after only 15 minutes in the classroom) "Is it work time yet? I want to do some work!"
Day 2: "Mrs. Tallman, this is too easy. You taught us too much in 1st Grade."
Day 3: "Wait, the day is over?"
Day 5: "Wow, there are a lot of great resources in this thing!" (talking about students' My Writing Journal)
Day 6: "Can we do some math?"
Day 8: "Mrs. Tallman, are you going to go with us all the way to middle school?"
Day 9: In a written response to reading... "I know a lot about presidents. For example, our president's name is Rock Obama."
Day 13: "Wow, I guess I AM getting smarter!"
Day 16: "Easy as pie."
Day 20: "I love math! Please don't tell me it's over!"
Day 21: " That was so hard! Can we do it again?!"
Day 23: "This is the best day EVER!"
Day 30: "I just LOVE this new measuring unit!"
Day 34: "This is going to be a great story!"
Day 38: "That cloud looks like Zeus making eggs."
Day 44: "This may be the best day I have ever had."
Day 50: "Look Mrs. Tallman! This cauliflower looks like a cumulus cloud!"
Day 51: "There are high clouds, low clouds, and in between clouds."
Day 53: "It's so lovely out! The sky is just filled with cirrus clouds!"
Day 54: "I'm so glad I'm bringing my cloud book home! I'm going to teach my little brother all about clouds!"
Day 60: "I'm so good at doing research, I'm going to be an expert when I grow up."
Day 79: "Who knew fun packets could be so hard!?"
Day 83: "I am so excited to be doing this right now!"
Day 86: "I am ready for this. I SO got this!"
Day 91: "I love everything about this!"
Day 98: "Who knew sledding could be so exhausting!"
Day 110: "Do you think it will ever be warm again?"
Day 118: "That's it! I'm not getting any older."
Day 124: "In the book I'm writing, I'm creating a legend. The legend goes: LOOONNG ago, in 1946, a magical crown was stolen from a castle."
Day 133: I told the kids it was time to stop writing... "NNNOOO!! Why can't we just skip lunch and recess?"
Day 138: "How hot is the sun? Why don't the planets fall out of the sky? Why isn't there any air in space?" (generating wondering questions to help guide our space unit)
Day 144: "I don't need a superhero shirt to know that I'm awesome."
Day 146: While eating a chicken nugget- "OMG, we are hatching chicks RIGHT NOW"
Day 152: "I was reading this book, and there was this lady who was trying to un-refrige her refrigerator because she had sectretly put $1,000 dollars in it!"
Day 159: "Your nose is connected to your brain. If you shove something up there, it's going to break your brain."
Day 161: "That's an electric fence. Don't touch it. That's a life lesson, kids."
Day 167: "What do you mean we only have 2 weeks left. I'm not ready to leave you!"
Day 168: "One more week of morning work? WHY?!"
Day 171: "Mrs. Tallman, I don't know if I'm ready for Third grade without you. Maybe I need to go back to First grade and stay with you."
Day 2: "Mrs. Tallman, this is too easy. You taught us too much in 1st Grade."
Day 3: "Wait, the day is over?"
Day 5: "Wow, there are a lot of great resources in this thing!" (talking about students' My Writing Journal)
Day 6: "Can we do some math?"
Day 8: "Mrs. Tallman, are you going to go with us all the way to middle school?"
Day 9: In a written response to reading... "I know a lot about presidents. For example, our president's name is Rock Obama."
Day 13: "Wow, I guess I AM getting smarter!"
Day 16: "Easy as pie."
Day 20: "I love math! Please don't tell me it's over!"
Day 21: " That was so hard! Can we do it again?!"
Day 23: "This is the best day EVER!"
Day 30: "I just LOVE this new measuring unit!"
Day 34: "This is going to be a great story!"
Day 38: "That cloud looks like Zeus making eggs."
Day 44: "This may be the best day I have ever had."
Day 50: "Look Mrs. Tallman! This cauliflower looks like a cumulus cloud!"
Day 51: "There are high clouds, low clouds, and in between clouds."
Day 53: "It's so lovely out! The sky is just filled with cirrus clouds!"
Day 54: "I'm so glad I'm bringing my cloud book home! I'm going to teach my little brother all about clouds!"
Day 60: "I'm so good at doing research, I'm going to be an expert when I grow up."
Day 79: "Who knew fun packets could be so hard!?"
Day 83: "I am so excited to be doing this right now!"
Day 86: "I am ready for this. I SO got this!"
Day 91: "I love everything about this!"
Day 98: "Who knew sledding could be so exhausting!"
Day 110: "Do you think it will ever be warm again?"
Day 118: "That's it! I'm not getting any older."
Day 124: "In the book I'm writing, I'm creating a legend. The legend goes: LOOONNG ago, in 1946, a magical crown was stolen from a castle."
Day 133: I told the kids it was time to stop writing... "NNNOOO!! Why can't we just skip lunch and recess?"
Day 138: "How hot is the sun? Why don't the planets fall out of the sky? Why isn't there any air in space?" (generating wondering questions to help guide our space unit)
Day 144: "I don't need a superhero shirt to know that I'm awesome."
Day 146: While eating a chicken nugget- "OMG, we are hatching chicks RIGHT NOW"
Day 152: "I was reading this book, and there was this lady who was trying to un-refrige her refrigerator because she had sectretly put $1,000 dollars in it!"
Day 159: "Your nose is connected to your brain. If you shove something up there, it's going to break your brain."
Day 161: "That's an electric fence. Don't touch it. That's a life lesson, kids."
Day 167: "What do you mean we only have 2 weeks left. I'm not ready to leave you!"
Day 168: "One more week of morning work? WHY?!"
Day 171: "Mrs. Tallman, I don't know if I'm ready for Third grade without you. Maybe I need to go back to First grade and stay with you."