Lesson of the day: Gangsta's don't live foreva.

Here is why I love Jr. High.....

I let my students listen to the radio if they work quietly.  Yesterday the song "Grenade" by Bruno Mars came on and when Bruno(aka...Hottie McHot Hot) sang "I would catch a Grenade for you, I would do anything for you," one of my students stopped working and said...

"Dang, I would NEVER catch a grenade for NO girl!!!"

I said, "You mean you wouldn't even catch a grenade for me?"(side note: this student tells me he loves me everyday)
He paused, thought about it, and finally said "A grenade? Heck no! ...but a water balloon, maybe."


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Today..........while doing a lesson on the suffix "ful" meaning "full of"...
here are some answers students gave...

Ghettoful: definition = full of ghetto


Crustiful: definition = full of crust

Waffle: convo after this one..."This is not using the suffix 'ful'."  "But it says Waf FUL!"  "Trust me, there is no such thing as being full of WAF!"

Eiffel: "You know Miss. K., like the Eif FUL tower!"


...and my personal favorite...Turdful.
Me:"That's definitely NOT a word."
Student:"But what if you have to go to the bathroom and you're full of turds?"
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We're also working on literacy and to get the students to read we're giving them topics they are interested in and our unit this week is on dress code and sagging.  The article we read says that the sagging trend originated in jail because prisoners are not allowed to wear belts causing their pants to sag.  Here's what a student had to say about that...

"That's not true Miss. K, when people sag their pants in prison it means "I'm available."




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ON another note...here's one of my most favorite shirts of the summer that my student was wearing yesterday.


     I died laughing...top 5 favorite student shirts.


Here is a shirt I just love in general...





Yea, I'm fancy...WHAT?!?!?!?!





Thought of the day:   My students bring out the ghetto thug in me and I love it!

Love Always,

           Gangsta Ny        

Summer-School-a-palooza...

Day #6:

So, over the past year I've decided that Jr. Highers are the most ridiculous people on the planet.  They are crazy and are going through puberty and crazy and smelly and just plain crazy...but I love them.  They also say the most RIDICULOUS things I've EVER heard.  Here are a few of my favorites...

"Miss. K, do you know how to shake that 'Laffy Taffy'?"

...After we just finished a unit on Tasers.
Me:"So, did anyone get Tased this weekend?"(joking)
Jr. Higher:"My dad did!!!"

...I have to preface this one.  I constantly have to ask if there is anything in my teeth or on my face to anyone standing next to me because apparently I have a can't-go-on-in-life-if-there-is-something-in-my-teeth-or-on-my-face phobia.  A kid who used to be my student in Summer Enrichment walked by and as I said "hi" I asked ...

Me:"Hey, is there anything in my teeth or on my face?"
Kid:"No, you're good, but it's funny you ask me that the first day I see you this summer because the first day I met you last summer you asked me if you had a bug in your nose."

...I almost peed my pants laughing when he said that.

  

The city of angels...not so heavenly.

LOS ANGELES...
CITY OF ANGELS.




BEAUTIFUL...BUT JUST NOT THE PLACE FOR ME.

ESPECIALLY AT TIMES LIKE THESE...


...which seems to be ALL THE TIME!!!

I BELIEVE THIS IS WHY PEOPLE IN LOS ARE STRESSED AND I WOULD EVEN VENTURE TO SAY, WILL PROBABLY DIE SOONER.

This is just one of the millions of reasons I LOVE FRESNO.

But, hey, I guess it's all part of what gives LalaLand it's spark.

Welcome to Hollywood! What's your dream? Everybody comes here; this is Hollywood, land of dreams. Some dreams come true, some don't; but keep on dreamin' - this is Hollywood. Always time to dream, so keep on dreamin'. 

Summer School Blues...

Summer school starts tomorrow.

...and I wish my classroom looked like this...

...or even like this...



...but, it looks more like this.


Oh well, i guess all I can do is...



First day of summer school...it's ON!!!

Testing 123

Kathleen

Summer starts NOW!

I stumbled upon this amazing picture on pintrest.com, which is amazing in and of itself(Kathleen, who is also amazing, introduced me to it...and yes, everything in this post will be described as amazing...amazing) and decided that THIS is what I must do this summer...

 

MAKE A "SUMMER of STUFF" CHALKBOARD LIST!


...i need a chalkboard.