Wordless Wednesday: First Grade Profanity

This week's picture really speaks for itself. We were responding to The Magic Pot, which is a story about a pot that won't stop spilling syrup all over the place.

Okay, okay - maybe what she really meant to say was "thank you" (in the story, they got the pot to stop by thanking it for the maple syrup). Then again, I might have a few choice words for a pot that spills syrup all over my pristinely clean apartment.

Have you ever had any funny instances of accidental profanity in your classroom?

Now go link up with Christina! Happy hump day!

Wordless Wednesday: Symbaloo

Happy hump day, everybody! For this week's Wordless Wednesday, I wanted to share with you one of my favorite free resources that I use in my classroom.

This is Symbaloo. And this is amazing. Each one of my little tiles links directly to a learning game appropriate for my firsties. I have reading games in the upper left, word/phonics games on the right, and math games along the bottom. This eliminates the time wasted searching through websites for games to play - an answer to my prayers as I prepare to introduce our "reading with technology" center to my students (something brand new I am trying this year - fingers crossed!) You can make your own for free or search other peoples' Symbaloos. It took a little messing around to get the hang of things :)

What are some of your favorite computer-based resources?

Wordless Wednesday: Unexpected Responses

There's a reason why the old show Kids Say the Darndest Things existed. Kids truly do offer the most unexpected and oftentimes hilarious responses! There are a number of times when a rough day at work immediately became better after reading something one of my firsties came up with. For example, the last response below - most kids said something along the lines of "It was hot" or "They were happy". I think "Because they wanted to rock and roll" is a perfect response!

My question for you is: What is one of your most memorable unexpected responses? 

If you're interested in linking up for Wordless Wednesday, head on over to Christina's blog, Sugar and Spice! She has included guidelines for first timers like myself :)