Today in one of my third grade classes I asked the students... (while pointing to a metalliphone)
"This is a metalliphone, and why do you suppose it is called a metalliphone?
"Because it is made out of metal" Kid says
"That's right, because it is made out of metal. (pointing to a xylophone) This is a Xylophone, and why do you suppose it is called a xylophone,"
"Because it is made of wood" Alvaro piped up
"That's right, because it is made of Xylo" I replied...
"Ooooo... what is xylo?" asked Alvaro...
"It's a joke... Duh" Anna Said
"Miss hope... was that a joke?" Alvaro...
"Yes."
Oooo. Alvaro nodded his head as a glimmer of understanding blinked in the distance.
Is it Friday yet?
2 comments:
kids are silly.
but they're not very humor-literate.
but they're good at making people laugh.
like chimpanzees.
i only went with chimpanzees because i have no idea how to pluralize monkey..
i'm a writer, oooh-la-di-da.
life goes on. this comment does not.
AHAHAHAHAHA!!!! I'm not sure what is funnier - making jokes kids get, or when you make a joke and they don't - especially when it is at their expense! ;)
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