Abi's Day April 22

April 22, 2013

Learning About Insects
7:45- We discover that after a month of waiting for our butterfly to hatch out of its chrysalis, our butterfly finally has! Except that it was during our week long school holiday, and is no where to be found in the tightly sealed butterfly habitat.
The class decides that the ONLY explanation for our missing butterfly is that the butterfly used its "really long, sharp claws to SLASH the nets and it ESCAPED!!"
They are aware that butterflies do not have claws, and the net is intact.

7:46- We discover all the ants in our ant farm have escaped through the teeny-tiny air holes, and there is nothing left of our ant farm. The class decides that the only explanation for the missing ants is that the vicious missing butterfly "KILLED AND ATE THEM ALL WITH IT'S GIANT FANGS!"
They are also aware that butterflies do not have fangs, nor do they eat other insects. This does nothing to dissuade them.  

English Class
Reviewing "-an" Words
8:13- Teacher: "Do you guys remember what "man" means?"
Little boy: "Ms. Abi is the MAN!"
Me: "Hahaha, yep!"

Learning "-ed" Words
8:24- Teacher: "B-E-D, Bed! That's right! How many Beds do you have in your house?"
Little girl: "Um...2 on the bottom floor, 3 upstairs, and then 2 more upstairs again."
Teacher: "So how many is that if you add it all together?"
Little girl: "20!"
Teacher: "No. You have 2, add 3, is...?"
Little girl: "5!"
Teacher: "Now add 2 more..."
Little girl: "25?"
Teacher: "...No. 7. You have 7 beds."

8:27- Teacher: "Okay, what do you think "L-E-D" means?"
Little girl #1: "It's like when there's snow and you fall down all over the ground!"
Teacher: "No, I think you mean "SLED", good try though."
Little girl #2: "Teachuh, I know! But did you know that I have these warts on my legs (hikes dress up to show the class), and then when I was a baby they were EVERYWHERE?!"
Teacher: "..."

Second English Class
9:50- Me: "What is "P-E-N"?
Little boy: "I wear penties in my shorts!"
Me: "That would be "panties".  That is not the same."

9:52- Me: "What do you guys think "D-E-N" is?"
Little boy #1: "It looks like dancing!"
Little boy #2: "You put it...when some people die, you put it in there!"
Little boy #3: "It is a thing and lives on farms!"

Computer Class
11:20- The class is lining up to head to ICT and one little boy is smacking my bottom.  I ask him if he thinks that is an appropriate thing to be doing, he says no. I tell him that if he knows it is not okay to do, then he needs to not do it. He responds, "But Ms. Abi, I HAVE to!  Your bum is so wobbly like jelly!"

Lunch Recess
12:43- We are heading back upstairs to our class after lunch recess, when a little boy races past and smacks me on the rear end.  I catch him, and am in the middle of dealing with the issue when the little girl standing next to me pipes up, "Ms. Abi, EVERYONE just LOVES your bottom!"

Quiet Journal Time
1:02- I look over from my desk to see a little boy nearby furiously sketching away in his journal.  He suddenly straightens up, roars out that he is "SUPERHERO CAPTAIN BUTT CHEEKER!!!" then resumes his sketching, as if nothing had just happened.