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If you have been in the classroom long enough, no matter what grade level you teach, you probably have some funny stories to tell. Here are a few that I have. Please email me any story that you would like published. I will give you credit.
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A STINKY STORY
A good friend of mine had been having some behavorial problems with a very intelligent 4th grade boy. One day, just before lunch, she told the young man that he would have to wait in the classroom to discuss his behavior. She took the others to lunch and forgot about the youngster in her room. After a relaxing lunch in the teacher's lounge, she decided to go back to her room and prepare for the afternoon's lessons. She walked to the board, still unaware that she had forgotten the young man and began writing. She felt her stomach rumble, and as there was no one around, proceeded to pass gas. Just then she heard the voice of her biggest nightmare as he quietly said, "Something you have for lunch disagree with you Mrs. Smith?" She quickly turned around, and realizing her mistake immediately released the young man to eat lunch. I AM STILL SURPRISED SHE TOLD ME THIS STORY.
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WHAT DO YOU DO FOR A LIVING?
My wife, who is also in education related this story. A friend of hers, who happened to be teaching fifth grade at the time, had her paycheck hand delivered by the principal one payday. As he handed over her check he said, "Here is your paycheck." One student who had overheard the comment asked, "Where do you work Mrs. Smith?
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THE GOLDEN GOOSE AWARD
This is an award that I have incorporated at three different buildings. It is a traveling trophy that the winner gets to keep in their room for one month. The trophy can really be anything that you want, but we use a wooden goose. I purchased it at a local flea marked and painted it gold. I also purchased one at an arts and craft store. The Golden Goose award is based on the information about what geese fly in a vee formation. I am sure you have heard the story, and I really don't know who to give credit to, but I am including it so that you may use it too if you wish.
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This fall, when you see geese heading south for the winter flying in a V formation, you might consider what science has discovered as to why they fly that way. As each bird flaps its wings, it creates an uplift for the bird immediately following. By flying in V formation, the whole flock has at least 71% greater flying range that if each bird flew on its own.
People who share a common direction and sense of common purpose can get where they're going more quickly and easily because they are traveling on the thrust of one another.
When a goose flies out of formation, it suddenly feels the drag and resistance of trying to go it alone and quickly gets back into formation to take advantage of the lifting power of the bird in front.
It's harder to do something alone than together.
When the lead goose gets tired, it rotates back into the formation and another goose flies point at the head.
It is sensible to take turns doing demanding jobs. Shared leadership and interdependence give us each a chance to lead as well as opportuntites to rest.
The geese in formation honk from behind to encourage those up front to keep up their speed.
What do we say when we honk from behind? We need to make sure our honking is encouraging and not discouraging.
Finally, and this is important, when a goose gets sick or wounded and falls out of formation, two other geese will fall out with that goose and follow it down to lend help and protection. They stay with the fallen goose until it is able to fly or it dies, and only then do they launch out on their own, or with another formation to catch up with their flock.
If we have the sense of a goose, we will stand by our colleagues and each other in difficult times as well as in good.
We celebrate the Golden Goose Award as a way to acknowledge fellow workers for being a good team member. This can include almost anything. Teachers can nominate someone for covering their class for them or switching specials for some reason. Maybe they helped them complete a task that they couldn't quite finish on their own. It is a way to celebrate an act that someone performed that really wasn't expected or required. There is really no steadfast rule on what qualifies and what doesn't. Teachers turn nominations into my office and I select one winner per month. I announce the winner over the PA system and deliver the trophy to the classroom when the students are present. Feel free to try this activity and alter it to fit your needs.
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ALWAYS REMEMBER.....What ever the human mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve!
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The Starfish Story
taken from
Chicken Soup for the Soul
By
Jack Canfield
One morning an older man was walking along a beach and saw a younger man in the distance who appeared to be dancing in the sand. As the older man got closer he saw that the young man was not dancing, but was picking up starfish from the beach and throwing them back into the sea. As the older man came upon the younger man he asked, "Young man, what are you doing?" The young man turned to the older man and said, "Well, you see, the sun is up and the tide is out and if these starfish do not get back into the sea they will die."
"But young fellow," the older man said, "Look ahead of you. There are miles and miles of beach and thousands of starfish. You can't possibly make a difference." The young man looked at the older man and then looked at the starfish in his hand. He gently tossed the starfish into the sea and then turned to the older man and said, "Well sir, I made a difference to that one."
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The Pee Little Thrigs.
The story of the Three Little Pigs has been told and retold in many different ways. For fun, try this one. The kids will live it.
Once upon a time there were pee little thrigs. One day the pee little thrigs left home. Each pittle lig wanted to hild a bouse. The pirst little fig made a stouse of haw. The pecond little sig made a stouse of hicks. The pird little thig made a brouse of hicks. A big bad wolf saw the pittle ligs. "A pittle lig would make a lood gunch for me", he said. The big bad wolf went to the house of the pirst little fig. The wolf called, "Pittle lig, pittle lig, let me in." Not by the chair of my hinny hin hin," said the pirst little fig. "Then I'll puff and I'll huff and I'll hoe your blouse in," called the Big Bad Wolf. So he puffed and he huffed and he hew the blouse in. But the pirst little figgy got away. He ran into the woods to hide. The Big Bad Wolf went to the house of the pecond little sig. The wolf called, "Pittle lig, pittle lig, let me come in." "Not by the chair of my hinny hin hin cried the pecond little sig." "Then I'll puff and I'll huff and I'll hoe your blouse in", said the Big Bad Wolf. So he puffed and he huffed and he hew the blouse in. But the pecond little sig got away and ran in the woods to hide. The big Bad Wolf went to the house of the pird little thig. The wolf cried, "Pittle lig, pittle, let me come in." "Not by the chair of my hinny hin hin," said the pird little thig. "Then I'll puff and I'll huff and I'll hoe your blouse in," cried the wolf. So he puffed and he huffed and he huffed and he puffed but he couldn't hoe the blouse in. So the wolf got on hop of the touse. He called, "Pittle lig, pittle lig, I'll come down the chimney and eat you up." The pird little thig called "Dum on Cowm." The pird little thig took the pover off the cot of water. The water was hery vot. The wolf slid down the chimney. He landed in the water with a spig blash. And that was the end of the Big Bad Wolf.
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