David Shrigley-inspired card
humor
They Were Walking While We Were Walking
Comic Strip
Smiles and Laughter
Fine Dining
Overheard in my 5th-grade classroom: “I went to visit my cousins in a small town in California. They don’t have any good restaurants like In-N-Out there.”
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(They) Have Spoken
I wore my dark gray dress with light gray shawl today and promptly received compliments from four fifth-graders.
“I like how you wear that.”
“I like your jacket.”
“You look like a Mandalorian.”
“No, you look more like a Sith Lord.”
They seemed to think these were compliments, so I took it is as such.
But of Course…
I agreed to be the sponsor for several sixth-grade boys who wanted to start an investment club at school. They run it and I am just the certified teacher in the room to monitor them.
During the first meeting, one of them told the audience of three kids (ages 11, 12 and 13):
“So a long-term stock is like a short-term stock, but it’s not short-term. Hence the name.”
Time Changes Everything
Our school counselor was giving a lesson on kindness and anti-bullying.
Counselor: “If someone were to call you fat, how would you feel?”
5th Grader: “Well, if it were medieval times, it would be a compliment, but not anymore.”
Students’ Gallery
My sixth-grade students are doing an author study of Ray Bradbury before we read “The Veldt”. The handout had a faint picture of the writer and it wasn’t until I walked around the room that I noticed how creative my students are:
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