Top ten (characteristics of mature fifth graders)

March 31, 2011

When I went to pick my kids up from art today, there was purple paint everywhere.  They were covered in what looked like Barney beside a hand grenade– and the art teacher was, too.  Purple on her face, blood red in her cheeks, and thick black smoke coming out of her ears.

And I did not laugh.  Not at all.

Where any of them could see it.

So, we marched single file and “I SAID SI-LENT-LEE, boys and girls!” back to our classroom.

And then I went old school on those heathen chi’ren.

Twenty lines by twenty students entitled, “Characteristics of Mature Fifth Graders.”

Spelling and word choice unedited for your reading pleasure!  You’re welcome.

1.  Mature fifth graders now how to work.

2.  Mature fifth graders will keep their hands and feet to others.  (he really got the gist of that one!)

3.  We show respect when no one’s watching.

4.  Mature fifth graders stay by each other side.

5.  We never bagout.  (what?)

6.  Mature fifth graders walk with pride.

7.  We always post to be a team.

8.  We now not to panek ina kriset.  (That’d be “we know not to panic in a crisis.”)

9.  We never never never be a big gark (jerk) to won another.

10.  We always post to be rollmodlles.

Happy Friday!

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