Stuff My Students Say

I'm just a teacher wondering where my students come up with this stuff.

[Stuff My Students Say @MsCarlaNelson]

Gem of the week:
While discussing the differences between parallel and series circuits:
Student: When you were little, did you have to use candles to see when it got dark?
Me: How old do you think I am???

[Stuff My Students Say @MsCarlaNelson]

Discussion of the Boston Tea Party:
Me: For what reason do you think the Patriots marked up their faces before boarding the ships?
Student: To look cool and impress the ladies

Well, that's the most 4th grade boy answer to that question ever. 🤷‍♀️
#teaching #lifeofagrade4teacher

[Stuff My Students Say @MsCarlaNelson]

Any other teachers feeling like this?? #exhausted
#TiredTeacher
#TeachingInAPandemic

[Stuff My Students Say @MsCarlaNelson]

A sub walks in today:
Student: Are you the music teacher?
Sub: Today I am.
Student: But you taught gym the other day.
Sub: I'm a woman of many hats.
Me: They are very literal. Someone is going to ask you how many hats you own.
10 seconds later - Student: You aren't wearing a hat.

[Stuff My Students Say @MsCarlaNelson]

Although not in the scoring guide, I would definitely award this answer the point because it is certainly a way to keep students healthy in a social-emotional-self care kind of way.
#teachinginapandemic
#StuffMyStudentsSay

[Stuff My Students Say @MsCarlaNelson]

@pernilleripp Good luck!! You and your students will do great!

[Stuff My Students Say @MsCarlaNelson]

10 word spelling test with a group of virtual students
Me:Ready for #6?
Student:I'm done.
Me:With #5?
Student:With the whole test.
Me:How's that possible?
Student:no response
When I saw his test on #Seesaw I realized why, he copied his 2x each homework from Monday and posted it

[Stuff My Students Say @MsCarlaNelson]

Listening to a @Screencastify of a story I read today:
Student:"The words are blurry."
Me:"That's alright, you just need to listen. Or you could put your glasses on."
Student (after he puts glasses on): "OH! I can see better!"
I've only been telling him all year to wear them. 🤦‍♀️

[Stuff My Students Say @MsCarlaNelson]

@teachergoals

[Stuff My Students Say @MsCarlaNelson]

As we head into the FSA tests, remember that students are more than a test score.
#StandardizedTestsSuck
#teachinginapandemic
#morethanascore

[Stuff My Students Say @MsCarlaNelson]

What a week....
Let's start with an intro to animal adaptations.
Me: Humans are animals.
Student: (look of shock) REALLY!!!!!?????? I want to be a turtle!
Me: You're a human.
Student: stares
Me: You don't get to pick what kind of animal.
#StuffMyStudentsSay
#TGIF
#Teaching

[Stuff My Students Say @MsCarlaNelson]

@Seesaw That is fantastic! I will definitely be using that trick this weekend while I prep for next week. Thank you!!

[Stuff My Students Say @MsCarlaNelson]

@Seesaw I am loving the new additions to Seesaw. My one desire for your next update would be some sort of drag and select feature that would let you lock multiple items at once.

[Stuff My Students Say @MsCarlaNelson]

@AdamSilvera Congratulations!

[Stuff My Students Say @MsCarlaNelson]

@NicholasFerroni That is fantastic, so creative!!

[Stuff My Students Say @MsCarlaNelson]

@MrsSolomons15 I joked with a student whose mask is habitually under his nose that I'm going to get some of the gorilla spray glue for his mask.

[Stuff My Students Say @MsCarlaNelson]

@Bored_Teachers Folding laundry on the bed but being too tired to put it away, but there's too much of it taking up space, so you can't go to sleep. That's my current conundrum.

[Stuff My Students Say @MsCarlaNelson]

@Flipgrid It's going about this well. Does @Seesaw have an invisible ink setting???

[Stuff My Students Say @MsCarlaNelson]

Zooming with friends from grad school. One works in NY. They had a #RedForEd day to remind the teachers that they are in this together 1 year after they shut down for the pandemic. I asked who Ed was. It's been that kind of week. 🤷‍♀️#teachinginapandemic #WeAreInThisTogether

[Stuff My Students Say @MsCarlaNelson]

Exactly. Because the students and teachers need more things to stress over right now? Why is there such a push towards student mental health concerns yet those in power seem to think we need to undermine that important work with standardized testing?
#TeachingInAPanademic

[Stuff My Students Say @MsCarlaNelson]

Me: Use the highlighted words in the book to complete the top of your review sheet.
Student: There aren't any highlighted words in my book.
Me: Do you see the words in yellow in your book?
Student: Yes
Me: Those are the highlighted words.
Student: Really?
#StuffMyStudentsSay