Not your average potatoes

Roots. We were talking about root words... The 7th and 8th graders... not amused.

The fifth graders have individual whiteboards in their desks. Honestly, it comes in pretty handy when we do examples in class. It does not, however, come in handy all of the other moments during the day when they feel it's appropriate to be doodling on their boards. During this year some time they picked up on the practice of writing their "moods" on the board. For example, "Mood: sick." That's maybe one of my favorite moods to read. Lately, though, they've been telling much, much more. Yesterday I read a board that said this:

Mood: Peaceful
Animal: Garlic cheese boat (I don't know what this is.)
Food: Everyone of them
Color: Lime green, lime blue (Lime blue is also my favorite color.)
Quote: "A person is a person no matter how big or small." ~ Dr. Suess.

Another said this:

Sport: football
Colors: red, black
Animals: tigers, snakes
Mood: sad (this was accompanied by a crying face)

Another board simply said:

Joey (I'm pretty sure this is the board's name... My students are naming their whiteboards, people.)

Ahhh.... life is sweet.