Kids write the darnedest things!

Quick story this morning before I head off to school. Hard to believe I only have a week left with the little kids. There are some pros and cons to 1st grade some of the things I will not miss about first grade are: tying shoes, zipping coats, blowing noses being asked to spell every word ever written and flipping kids cards (makes me sad). Some of the things I will miss are: hugs, artwork from the kids to me, the funny comments they produce, the way the don't see each other as black and white but just as friends (the world could learn a lot from first grade), and the miss spellings that produce stories like this:

Every day we do some kind of writing exercise either in a journal or a worksheet to help the students become better writers. I found these worksheets where you need to use the word the correct way. Example, using 'for and four', or 'deer and dear' the correct way. When they are done filling in the provided sentences I have them write some of their own. I was walking around and reading some of them over their shoulder when I noticed one girl's sentence said "I love beer and school!" I immediately thought "I must be a bad influence on these kids" then I realized she had flipped her "d" to a "b" a common first grade mistake which made the sentence not only hilarious but gave me a good laugh.

Hope you all have a great Friday and weekend. My friend Derek has been winning tickets off the radio/internet and this weekend I think I get to meet and greet Alice in Chains and watch the concert from backstage. Living the life!