Earlier this morning, I had the following (paraphrased) conversation with two of my 3rd grade students. We'll call the girl student "G" and the boy student "B".
G: Miss Cunningham, B is staring at me from across the room and I can't concentrate on my math facts.
[I look over and see B staring pointedly in that general direction]
Me: Okay, B - come here, please. [B comes obediently] B, what is going on?
B: [Deep breath]...Well, yesterday when you let us practice our math facts with these math cards, I didn't know we could keep them until you told us we could later, so I put them back in your box...I had named mine Kimosabe, and so when you said we could keep them I went to go get them and they weren't there so I had to get some different ones...I figured out G had them and I really want Kimosabe back. So I'm staring at her.
[Thoughts running through my mind...You named your math flash cards Kimosabe? That's awesome!...Seriously. That's awesome.]
Me: Okay, B - are you going to be okay with the cards you ended up with?
B: Yes.
Me: You're sure?
B: Yes.
Me: Then will you stop staring at G while she works? You're kind of creeping her out.
B: Yes.
Me: Thank you.
[Children scamper off, and my day...Has. Been. Made.]
Ummm, how did we not talk about this at dinner on Friday night??? It is AWESOME!! :)
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