There is a girl in my class who is becoming a fast favorite of mine. She is sweet, funny, and occasionally completetly clueless. Today, she came in to school and told that she wanted me to call her by her Hebrew name of Naomi all day because she has Hebrew school this afternoon. Before I could reply, she said, "It's easy. It's like Wyoming but with an N instead of a W!" She didn't quite know how to respond when I asked her if that meant her name was Naomi or Naoming.
Fifteen minutes later, I was leading a class discussion about the electoral college. I asked the class to look in their current issue of "Time For Kids" at a map of the U.S. with the amount of electoral votes that each state has. I asked if anyone knew anything about the electoral college. Her hand shot up. She had a huge enthusiastic grin on her face because she was sure that she knew the answer. So I called on her. Her response? "The Electoral College is where the president went to college! Or maybe it is where the president worked and did important things... like being class president or something!"
Later in the day, A.B. told me about his discussion/ math activity in class today on the same topic. Like any good teacher, I'll be ripping off his idea tomorrow. Thanks, Mondale!
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Absolutely love your class stories - they are great! My husband came home last night with several issues of "Time" for kids and my response was - great, just what we need, another magazine in this house! Don't you just grin over some of these kids though. Several years ago I went into class, but had forgotten to get my tape player (yeh, I know, stone age electronics). So, I said to the class, wait a minute I have to get my boogie box. One little girl looked at me and said - You mean you keep them in a box!!!!! Classic! Hope you had a great school day with more stories to tell.
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