All in a day’s work. Or, more appropriately, all in 5 minutes’ work.

here is the dialog:

"BOYS! Don't play with the hand sanitizer! It'll get the floor wet and someone will get hurt."
"BOYS! DON'T DO THAT!"
"BOYS!"
"Girls, don't run"

Elizabeth runs, slips in the hand sanitizer and clutches her arm.
The big boss takes Elizabeth to hospital.

Belle to me "Teacher, my leg is bleeding"
Me to Belle "What? Oh, my, it is. How did THAT happen?"
Belle "I don't know."
Me to Belle "Um, one second… grab some tissues!"

*Sally keeps reading out loud*

Joon to me "TEACHER! MY TEETH ARE BLEEDING!"
Me to Joon "Well, stop wiggling and poking at them :)"
Joon "BUT TEACHER! THEY ARE BLEEDING!"
Me "Well, stop poking at them and the bleeding will stop."
Joon pokes his teeth and gums
Joon "SEE TEACHER! THEY ARE BLEEDING!"
Me "If you stop touching them, they will stop bleeding"

Belle "I'm still bleeding"

*Sally keeps reading out loud*

Jack starts to clucks like a chicken and frantically starts saying "TEACHER! TEACHER! BLOOD!!!"

~*~

Hahaha. Gotta love kids.

How do you teach children the meaning of words like “about”, “except” and “would” when they don’t understand the words used to define them?

You draw comics about hamburgers and hope that the repetition of the words somehow implants meaning into their brains.

When teaching verbs, draw big information sheets and make them rewrite the definitions. That way, they at least know what to say if someone asks them what a verb is. We’re still working on the comprehension part of the learning process ;)

Oh, and since the last post I’ve been given 15 brand new students (ranging from age 3-9). FIFTEEN! Oh, and my core and support classes were combined to form one awesome class of eight. Welcome to my class Rachel, Kelly and Will.