The Problem with an Earthquake

We have been writing haunted house stories for Halloween this week. The students had to write a 'sloppy copy' first to make sure they spelled everything correctly and had included everything from the assignment. Then they got their final copy, which was a book made up of an orange construction paper cover with a picture of a haunted house and lined paper inside with a spot to draw the pictures. On all the other books I had just stuck the lined paper inside the cover and told them that I would staple it after they finished writing. When I got to Chase, he said, "I need to staple my book because if there is a really strong earthquake in the mountain it might take the page out."



Right . . . I guess that could happen.

Disease

One day Maddie randomly came up to me and said: My grandpa has that disease that makes you die.



Oh, that disease . . .

Skin Color

Today one of my students was sharing with the class some of the culture and traditions of her native country. Chase seemed quite intrigued during the short presentation. As soon as she was done he pipped up: I've seen someone with your color of skin but it wasn't you our your family.

That's funny. I thought she and her family were the only ones with that color of skin . . .

Our Nation's Economy

Here is a first grader's view on our nation's current economic situation.

Maddie: Something is going bad around here.

Me (unsure at this point what she was referencing): Yeah? Like what?

Maddie: You know, 'cause there is going to be no money and no bank and stuff like that.

Oh.