Quotes from 2012-2013
"Mrs. Meyers, why do you change your clothes every day?"
When wearing boots one day..."Mrs. Meyers- I think you are a cowgirl today and I really like it!"
"Math is about numbers creating other numbers."- perfect!
Quotes from 2011-2012
Student 1- Why isn't Miss H. here anymore?
Student 2- This is the way it works. She still has to learn to be a teacher. So she will go to a little more college, and then when Mrs. Meyers has that baby, she will get in her car and drive here and then she will be a real teacher!
On the playground a student lost his shoe and couldn't get it back on. He asked his friends to go get a teacher to help him. As two kids came running towards me (Mrs. Meyers, nine months pregnant) the student shouted, "Don't go to her! She can't help me, she can't even bend over! Go get Ms. H!" :-)
"Long ago they didn't even have electricity! Like really long ago in the 1980's!"
I accidentally called a student by the wrong name and he replied, "Mrs. Meyers- that baby is making you crazy! Your baby made you call me by the wrong name. Silly baby!"
After discussing Native Americans diverse background, history, and culture some students started sharing some of their ethnic backgrounds. There were enthusiastic comments like, "I am part Indian!" and "I am part Mexican" and "My dad is half Chinese!" One student raised her hand and as straight faced and serious as she could be commented, "I am part pterodactyl." I said, "like the dinosaur?" she said, "Yes, of course!"
"Mrs. Meyers- everything that we are learning your baby is learning too! She is going to be really smart! Do you think she can come to second grade with us next year?"
"Mrs. Meyers- I am pretending to be a weirdo. But I don't have to pretend very hard." :-)
Today we learned about how to write the number five. One girl said, "short neck, tummy fat, number five has a hat." One of the students commented that the number five has a pregnant tummy like Mrs. Meyers. We laughed at that and started to move on. A boy raised his hand and said, "I think we should write a tiny baby five inside of the big five's big belly!" So all of the students started writing "baby fives" inside the round part of their fives!
Mrs Meyers- "How can you show responsibility on the playground?"
Student raises his hand, I am thrilled that he is going to answer such a serious question.
Student- "I am going to put on a play called The Two Wild Monkeys!"
After a conversation about how I am expecting a baby in December:
Student raises his hand- "Uh, Mrs. Meyers, I think there might be a baby in your belly."
Yes, I think you are right. :-)
After reading a book that says, "I am as loud as a lion."
A student asked, "What is the difference between lions and tigers?"
Another student says, "I know! Lions are girls and tigers are boys!"
