Wow, this is from a few weeks ago, but still thought I'd share :)
Me: I went to my first rodeo this weekend!
Kids: WHAT?!? You've never been to rodeo?
Me: No, we don't have rodeo in Indiana...
Kids: (Jaws drop)
Kid #1: Do you know who you look like, Ms. Wade?
Me: Do I really want to know??
Kid #2: Taylor Swift!!
Kid #1: Heyyy I was gonna say that!
Kid #2: I love Taylor Swift.
Me: (teaching about how/why Pluto is no longer a planet) Astronomers and scientists decided that Pluto couldn't be a planet anymore.
Girl: (face scrunched up; really confused. Cautiously raises hand.)
Me: Yes?
Girl: .... Uh so if our space ships can't go to Pluto how.... Uh how did they like get it out of space?
Me: No, no! Pluto is still out there; it just isn't called a planet anymore. (Make eye contact with my CT and try not to lose it!!)
My kids are so excited about the space unit that I'm doing with them. Yesterday about 3/4 of them checked out space books from the library and were showing me proudly. Afterwards, they were reading their books. Three separate kids came up to me and said, "Ms. Wade, Ms. Wade!!!!!!! Look look! You were right!! Saturn DOES have rings!/Uranus DOES spin weird!/Jupiter IS the biggest!" I was like, Yea I know!! Haha! It was cute that they thought the information was super official because it was in a book!
Taking a math test...
Boy: (raises hand) How do you spell "peninsula"?
Me: Do you have the correct test?? Why do you want to know?
Boy: I need to spell it correctly.
Me: Uh, let's just focus on the numbers since it's a math test!
Girl: (holding ribs) Ms. Wade, my spine feels like it's broken!
Me: You mean your rib?
Girl: Yes...?
Me: Does it hurt?
Girl: Kinda...
Me: (thinking: then why did you come to tell me this???)
