Friday's Funnies

First graders are a hoot. Today we honor first grade humor!

When introducing compound words I was trying to evoke the response "homemaker" from my first graders. I asked, "What do we call a person who chooses to stay home and care for their home and family full time?" A little first grader answered, "a maid?"
Wawasee Teacher

I had a group of first grade students having lunch in my room for an accelerated reader prize. They struck up a conversation about where milk comes from. One student said with confidence, "Do you know where chocolate milk comes from?" The other students looked thoughtful but couldn't come up with an answer. He said, "From a chocolate cow."
Colette Berg - Wawasee first grade teacher

When I was a principal I hosted a "First and Last Annual Comedy Review Breakfast" to try and help our staff shake off their winter doldrums we all seemed cursed with. Everyone brought a dish and one funny school story as their "ticket" in. This was a first grade story told by one of our veterans at Pierceton Elementary School.

The teacher was discussing the concept of "community living places" with her first graders. She asked the students to name different types of housing people can live today. One student raised her hand in classic first grade "Welcome Back Kotter" fashion. "Ooooh, Oooooh - Houses," she blurted out. Another hand goes up, "You can live in a trailer!" "Very good," the teacher said, "Any others?" A student says, "People can live in an apartment," said one bright little boy. To which another quiet student jerked up his hand and added, "I know one almost like an apartment. They could live in a condom!" he said proudly!