I am a word nerd. I love finding and collecting words. My pages are filled with word lists, but today two girls at school took a word list to a new level.
At our middle school, we have student cadets. These cadets are students who were in study hall, but teachers pull them out to be in classrooms to do errands or small tasks for teachers.
This morning during my prep, I left my room and saw this list of words on a whiteboard sign we have in the hall.
As I read the list, I knew it was from first period cadets, and I tried to figure out just what this list meant. The names of what? There was no commonality at all, and I was perplexed.
I finally asked the teacher next door whose daughter was one of the authors of this list, what the words meant. She laughed and said, "You won't believe it!"
I think this is the most unique list ever: names we'd give our kids if they didn't mean what they do.
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You have some very clever cadets! I think my favorite is Disco.
ReplyDeleteCreative list for sure! I'm glad you explained it a bit because I didn't get it when I saw the photo.
ReplyDeleteOh, gosh, I just love this. I definitely choose "Spicy", and kudos for the beautiful ways kids are playing with language (including using lots of colors for this chart - it's a thing of beauty!).
ReplyDeleteMiddle school students are a unique group. arjeha
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ReplyDeleteThis is the energy we need all kids to have I love this so much. I had students one year who made bingo game cards based on different teachers. They were hilarious.
What fun! Thanks for sharing this peek into the good parts of working with middle schoolers!
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