Male student, crying: I didn't want to come to school today. I just want to go to church.

Compliments

When two male students were calling each other ugly, I made them give each other compliments.

Student 1: "Student 2, you are beautiful."

Student 2: "Student 1, your nose is cute."

Later in the day...

Student 2: "Can I give some other people compliments?"

Scarecrows

After learning about scarecrows, I let my students color this picture.

Student: "This scarecrow looks like Michael Jackson."

Painting Self Portraits

While painting self-portraits...

Student: Ms. Major, how do they paint inside the lines like Abraham Lincoln?

Summer of the Monkeys

I am reading Summer of the Monkey's to my students. We were talking about the different ways we would catch a monkey.

Student 1: A butterfly net.

Student 2: A fishing rod.

Student 3: A trail of their favorite food.

Student 4: Bananas.

Student 5: I'd sneak up behind it and grab it.

Student 6: I'd sit up in a tree and then jump on it.

Student 7: I'd put it in a cage.

Yellow Peas

Student: "Ms. Major, these yellow peas are delicious!"

Me: "Thats corn."