Vacation's Over

Today I susbstituted for third grade - They were a little bit wild the first day back from break, but I think I managed to rein them in.

For a spelling exercise, we named as many words as we could beginning with "be-". One little boy raised his hand and frantically waved it around. "Miss Grindle, I know one! BELCH!"

I suggested that we didn't write that one up on the board.

A few kids later, a rather soft-spoken girl said, "Ummmm...beer." Thinking I had heard her wrong, I said, "Oh, you mean 'bead'? That's a good one..." "NO," said she of the no longer soft voice, "I said BEER, like the stuff to drink!"

I suggested we not write that one on the board, either...