You may ask, "Why fluffy?!"
I am so glad you asked! One of the super cute kids in that class misheard the teacher when she said she was choosing some "lucky ducks" to work with me during math. When his name was called he said, "Yeah! I get to be a fluffy duck!" I enjoyed it so much that I continued to call the kids working with me "fluffy ducks."
Another day they were learning the "le" sound. She gave them the word "kettle" and asked if anyone knew what it meant. Hands were raised and waving. When she called on a boy, he said, "Ummm, I believe it is a kind of cheese." I would have understood if he had said "a kind of popcorn," but I am just not sure where he has heard of kettle cheese.
Lastly, first graders are at an age where they want to be grown up, but are still more than willing to throw a fit when they are upset about something. Not that long ago there was a day when it came to recess time that there were some that had to stay back and finish their math. There was a handful of girls and a boy. The boy happened to finish first and as he was leaving he said, "See you later alligators!"
One girl was super upset, "Did you hear that Mrs. S? He called us alligators! I can't believe he did that!"
I told her, "When someone says 'See you later alligator' you say 'In a while Crocodile!' and then they leave!"
This completely turned her mood around, for whatever reason we had round two of him leaving, but this time she said (with great excitement), "In a while alligator!" Proof that they are learning!
