April Fools Day

So, last year I tried to trick my class, and it went....not so good? This year was a different story!

First, we write in journals every morning. I give them some topics, and they scribble away! Yesterday I chose some interesting topics. They read:

1. Why do you love me? Why am I so great? Why do you cry when I'm not here?

2. Write a letter to Mary (she's my fabulous aide) and tell her how much you love her and what a fabulous person she is.

Fix: happie aprul foolz day! the furst to figure this out getz a treet!

We read through the prompts, and tell them to read the fixer on their own.

lots of writing and 45 min later I get responses like this:

"I love Mrs. Hardman becuase she is beutful and she is nice to me all the time and she love me and i love her she is my favrite teacher in the hole wurld she is nice and she takes us to honks if wur good. i think mrs. hardman rocks!" -Tommy

"Dear Hardman is pertty teacher mom and dad love you mrs hardman you are funun i sad mrs hardman not come to work or scool niec hardman wedding husbun devin fun and hims nice and cute. i love hardman. best friend hardman!" -Maria

So, maybe you didn't understand the words but all I know is I have wonderful kids who brighten my day and mean the world to me!!

On a funnier note, they did trick themselves! We decided to trick a student who went to the restroom. The kids hid and told me to change the clock so she would think she missed the bus. That prank flopped. Upon exiting their hiding spaces, one girl cried out, "oh no! look at the time! We are late!" This caused a FRENZY! They went absolutely nuts trying to get out to the bus. Once the got outside they were furious that the bus was gone. I calmly asked the kids if they remembered that I switched the clock per their request. The smiled, and turned around to go back to the room.... :)