A skunk cabbage by any other name…

We’ve been working on dictionary skills at Swamprot Elementary.  It can be hard for some kids…they get alphabetical order, but when they look at many, many words, it’s easy for them to become muddled.

The class had to find five vocabulary words in the dictionary.  The students were working in partners, and doing very well.  For the most part.  Except for two kids.  They worked hard, but just couldn’t find the word ‘future’.  They come up to me, lugging their dictionary, with very serious expressions on their faces.

Cute kids:  “Mrs. Who, we can’t find future.  There’s no ‘eff you’ in the dictionary.

Mrs. Who:  *giggle*  *snort*  *snarfle*  *big breath*  Let me help you.  I think we can find ‘f-u’ in there.  (in my brain:  Right between ‘Barack’ and ‘Obama’.)

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5 Responses to “A skunk cabbage by any other name…”

  1. caltechgirl Says:
    May 2nd, 2012 at 12:19 am

    LOLLOLOLOL. I would have lost it when they said they couldn’t find the future.

  2. pam Says:
    May 2nd, 2012 at 8:28 am

    LOL! Funny in so many different ways….

  3. diamond dave Says:
    May 2nd, 2012 at 10:47 am

    “Mrs. Who, what’s the matter? Why is your face turning red? Are you choking? Do you need help?”

    At least you didn’t have a mouthful of anything…

  4. SOYLENT GREEN Says:
    May 2nd, 2012 at 11:36 pm

    Thanks for stopping by earlier, Mrs. Who. Your primer on prepositions/propositions was most enlightening.

    I have a post scheduled for 7 a.m. that is teaching-related, and your input would be welcome.

    The current early morning post is educational as well, but for entirely different reasons. Any input there is, sadly, confined to my imagination.

  5. Mrs. Who Says:
    May 3rd, 2012 at 6:13 am

    CTG: Well, the Mayans could be right and we HAVE no future.

    Pam: It’s one of the joys of teaching…the unexpected and funny things the kids say!

    DD: Yep, it was…I often sip on bottled water throughout the day…the kids could have been soaked!

    SG: I’m sure your imagination is very, very good. And I’ll peruse your post later when I have time…been up since 5:45 and heading out the door…teaching starts so very, very early, dammit!!!! Unless you’re a college professor. But then…can you really call what happens at so many universities ‘teaching’?

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