Katie Grodsky

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[Katie Grodsky @ktbugkoi]

@chrissyteigen I teach first grade and have a huge emphasis on books and quality, diverse literacy! ♥️

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[Katie Grodsky @ktbugkoi]

On our Zoom show and tell today, I had a student bring a live spider.
#todayin1stgrade #cantmakethisup

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“Ms. G, your voice is weird. Are you turning into the big bad wolf?”
“Possibly.”
#todayin1stgrade

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“Ms. G, is white a language?”
#todayin1stgrade

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“Micheal Jackson! The first man on the moon.”
#todayin1stgrade #notquite

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“Remember, when you’re reading, you need to pause at the end of a sentence.”
“Um, Ms. G... I don’t have paws. I only have hands.”
#todayin1stgrade

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“I’m waking up, I feel it in my bones, don’t break my sister’s bones...”
#todayin1stgrade #misheardlyrics

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“I hate the song Radioactive. This song is much better.”
“This is Radioactive...”
#todayin1stgrade

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“I know a lot about Spanish culture. A long time ago when China didn’t have houses or food yet, they had to hunt. Then they got money.”
#todayin1stgrade #historylesson

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“What kind of punctuation goes at the end of a statement?”
“A pyramid!”
To be fair, we’ve been learning about 3D shapes in math. 🤷‍♀️
#todayin1stgrade

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“Do you know why I remember things so well? God gave me a good brain.”
#todayinfirstgrade

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“I want to smell the sweet taste of victory.”
#todayinfirstgrade #mathgamesgetintense

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“My mom says I can’t transform at school.”
“Well, you could in the bathroom!”
#todayinfirstgrade

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While doing our phoneme manipulation:
“Mist- change the m to l.”
“List!”
“Teach - change the t to p.”
“Pist!”
“No...”
#todayinfirstgrade

[Katie Grodsky @ktbugkoi]

This morning I was teaching the soft c sound with words like lace and mice.
“Mrs. G, you know what else has that sound? Lice! They can live in your hair.”
#todayinfirstgrade

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“Eww they’re kissing!”
“Romance! I love it!”
#todayinfirstgrade #hopelessromantic

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"I'm kind of over Pokémon. It got weird. I'm 7 now."
#todayin1stgrade

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"Mrs. G, I feel like I'm in a musical."
"Because there's music playing?"
"No. Because I'm cold. And people in musicals are cold."
"Oh, I didn't know that..."
"Yeah, I know everything."
#todayin1stgrade

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"Why are you crawling around on the floor?"
"I lost my marble!"
Kid, me too. 🙄😂
#todayin1stgrade #lostourmarbles

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"Mrs. G, I'm done with my work!"
"Beautiful, now you can color."
"I think you mean I'M beautiful. And thank you."
#todayin1stgrade #confidence