Quotable Moments

Ms. H: "What do you do when you get home from school?"
J--: "I have a snack."
Ms. H: "What do you have?"
J--: "Cheese. The kind that rats eat."

(Administering the DIBELS Word Usage test, in which children have to use specified words in sentences.)
Ms. H: "Black."
J--: "I am black... and proud!"

Ms. H--: "What happened?"
M--: "I made a bad choice."
Ms. H: "Do you want to tell me about it?"
M--: "I bit J-- on the finger."
Ms. H: "Why?"
M--: "He touched my foot and I decided not to be kind in words and actions."

Ms. H: "Hold up 2 fingers. Now subtract one. How many fingers are left?"
M--: "T-- held up the bad finger!"
T--: "It was for math!"