clean

connor was watching me give the white board a thorough cleaning:

"you need to put your back in it."

camels

we were making camels for the phrase "it was the last straw that broke the camel's back":

sophie: can we draw a background?

me: yes

emma: i know what I'm going to draw for my background.

me: what?

emma: a farm.

me: that's good. because there are lots of camels on farms.

emma: sometimes there are...maybe I'll draw pyramids.

explorer

some first graders were in our room looking at our display of native american houses and my students were staring at them in wonder:

jazman: what are they doing here?

kylee: i don't know, but that one looks like dora.

wings

about my move abroad for next school year:



jazman: i don't want you to go to move next year! you should stay here forever!

connor: it's time for her to spread her wings and fly.