Show Emotion

So in our Autism classroom we work on reading emotions. One child was standing up in front of the class and was supposed to say Happy Halloween. My co-teacher was whispering to him an emotion he should say it in. The emotion was frustrated....

There is one student in our class that NEVER pays attention. He is always on his finger phone talking to Sponge Bob and Squidward (?).

So as this student is saying "Happy Halloween" in a frustrated voice with a frustrated look on his face, the student who doesn't listen raises his hand...We ask, "what emotion is it? He replies: "he looks like he is on the toilet"


Yes, sitting on the toilet is an emotion.

Now Flip Your Card!

We flip cards in our classroom for classroom management. green is good, yellow is bad, and red is awful. This quote is directly from a parent: " unfortunately his favorite color is yellow, so when you change his card, it doesn't bother him"...Great! Now we are on to something! AHHH

Correct Yourself

Submitted by Alison, a school psych

A paraprofessional to a girl in the hallway....

"how about you talk like a female instead of some gangsta"

Got to love Midland Michigan.

What Does Yo Mama Do?

After talking about what J's dad did for a living I asked him what his mom does.

Me: J, what does your mom do?
J: She just washes the dishes. She doesn't even play video games, my dad does.

I am so glad the family roles are distinguished.

Chucky Cheeeeeessseee!

3) K and D talk about birthday parties...

K: My birthday party is going to be at Chuck E Cheese, yes!! You can come!

D: (begins to cry uncontrollably) NO....no, no!!

Mr. P: What's the matter D, you seem very upset.

D: K is having his birthday party at Chuck E. Cheese, and I'm not going to be able to go!

Mr. P: Well why not?

D: Because it's not going to be clean. It's going to be all dirty!!

Kl: No it's not, the employees are going to make it all clean, you can come!

D: No it's going to be all dirty!

Bathroom observations

2) E's bathroom observation

E: Mr.P, Mr. P, the bathroom, the poop. The poop in the bathroom. It's all crumpled up. Someone crumpled up the poop in the toilet. Fix it. You need to fix the crumpled up poop in the toilet!

Choice and Voice

On Wednesdays, a student is chosen to do a show and tell. They bring things from home and show it to the class and tell it about it. They can also play with it during centers. This post comes from A bringing in a puppet...


Mr. P: Amy can you tell us how you use your imagination with your puppet?

A: I pretend that she eats.

Mr. P: Can you tell us what she eats?

A: Just dust-mites.

Slander

Today during writer's workshop, one of the kids was trying to write the word Frog...

It turned out this way...----------------->








Someone forgot their phonemes...

Tennis....

We had gym class in the classroom because of ISAT. The gym teacher asked if anyone knows how to swing a tennis racket....

Kid: I play tennis all the time...on the wii
Teacher: No, we are not talking about tennis on the wii
Kid: Then what is tennis?

Thank you 2010.

Overnight Bag!

Everyday, one of the preschool kids takes home the overnight bag where they hang out with the stuffed animal in there, read the book and journal about what they did with the bag. Each day, Mr. P. picks a new friend by having them put their heads down on the carpet and hide their eyes. He walks around with a clothespin and clips it on them somewhere. Then prompts them to look for the pin.

Mr. P.: Check your shoulders
: Check your knees
Eden: Check your nipples, if you have them.


What?!?!?! Eden, you are 3 1/2.

What starts with "S"?

When asking the students what are some words that start with the letter "S"?

Eden: Sex
Elliot: Sexy
Teacher: ok, let's think of some better words...

Chicken in a Biscuit

From the School Psychologist:

"I mean, my mom will come downstairs and I'll be sittin' on the couch, playin' the Wii and eatin' Chicken in a Biscuit...ya know, I'm mean when it comes to Chicken in a Biscuit"
- fourth grader

What?!

Long E

We just finished the poem where we work on phonemic awareness, and rhyming. One of the students looks at me after the last line: I'm me.

G: I'm Meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee (15 sec)
G: Is that a long "E"?

Yes, in your description, that is a long E. But, not technically.

Africa?

In my kindergarten classroom, the teacher has a new nephew adopted from Africa. She was explaining it to the students. Here is a question one of them asked...

"Is he Af.., tropical? Does he hunt tigers? Does he live in a tiki hut?"

yes, yes he does. Tropical, hunts tigers and bears, and has a mansion of a tiki hut in AFRICA.

A Little Parent Action

So normally, I would only write down funny things kids say, and currently, my kindergartners are not that funny, so I am adding this in.

My friend Alison is a school psychologist...Here is her story:

while continuing an evaluation after a threat to be sued by a so-called father for "suggesting medication for ADHD" (did not), i reviewed his daughter's school entrance form... my favorite part:

Language spoken in the Home: "American"

I am American, and I speak English, and some really crappy Spanish, but not American. What do you speak? Did I miss the boat on a great language?

No means No

This was outside of the classroom...my other job, babysitting. I have now acquired this really great family. They have 2 kids, a little girl who is 6 and a little boy who is 2 1/2. I was babysitting them the other night, and we were playing with paper dolls. Henry was dressing them up and he told me to choose which doll I wanted...

Henry: Pick one (he holds two of them)
Me: That one
Henry: Take this one (the opposite of the one I picked)
Me: No, I want the other one
Henry: YES
Me: NO
Henry: YES
Me: NO
Henry: (frustrated) Don't say no to me!

Oh Lawd, can this 2 1/2 yr old dictate what I play with?

That feels good!

A is getting up from nap.... "I should really do my stretches..."

(look away)
(look back)

A is in Downward facing dog.

No big deal, just a 4 yr old yoga guru