"Orock Orama"

In social studies this week we have started our government unit where in the end we will be having our own 2012 election. To start the unit we talked about what the government does for our country and who our current president is. Their assignment today was to write about what our president does for us and draw a picture of him. When one of my kiddos was turning their work in another teacher was in my room to ask me a question. The student wanted to show me their picture prior to turning it in, so I asked if she could tell Miss Bates who we were learning about. She responds, "Oh, this is Orock Orama." haha too precious. My first graders make me smile,  love them!

"My so small brain"

After starting a writing activity today one of my precious kiddos comes up to me and says, "My brain is just so small because I am a kid, so I can't remember what I am suppose to write about can you help me?" 
After letting him know that his "so small brain" is a very smart one I helped him out and sent him on his way to write an amazing animal story. 


I love my first graders. They make me smile everyday! (=

Go Tigers!!

In the middle of Vol Country I have taught my first graders to be Tigers! War Eagle! (=

AuThOr DaY!

I know my blog is usually for funny kid stories, but I just have to share what we have been doing in first grade lately....
My kiddos have been working hard the past few weeks on stories for the PBS writer's contest. To celebrate this writing unit we had an Author's Day on Friday. The students enjoyed a special snack while they listened to their friends read their story. I also made them tshirts with their individual stories on the back of the shirt. They turned out so cute! Here are some pictures from our Author's Day!

 The kiddos front of their shirt.

 Miss Kenimer's author day shirt

Happy authors!

stories on the back of their shirts!

Bell Pepper baby!

I have a student that just recently found out her mom is pregnant with her second child. Randomly in class out of the blue this student says, "my mom has an avocado sized baby in her tummy!"
Yesterday I was asking her how her mom's baby was doing and she replies, "well it's a bell pepper baby now!"
Later I asked her if she was going to name her mom's baby Bell Pepper and she says, "No...well IF it's a boy I might!"

Whitney Houston

As I was spending some time after school tutoring one of my firsties we somehow got on the topic of Whitney Houston (prime example of how you can be teaching a 6 year old yet their mind is somewhere totally different.)
student: "Hey! Miss Kenimer did you watch Whitney Houston's funeral?"
me: "No I think I missed that one, did you?"
student: "Oh yeah, that's all we watched. Did you know that when she was a teenager she looked JUST like a boy!?"
student: "Yeah, and when she looked like a boy they even had gray T.Vs too..isn't that awful?!"

"they got skills!"

I have an "I'm finished jar" in my classroom with an assortment of activity cards my students can work on if they finish their work early. The activity cards tend to be seasonal, so I change them out pretty often. For winter I have had a lot in there about polar bears. One was a question and answer activity to get the children to think logically and use what we have learned about animals recently. One student's activity card question said "Why do you think polar bears walk on four legs?"
 He responded on his paper "because they got skills!".  (=