there's a wide selection of classroom jobs left...
I can make you take the book home... but I can't make you open it!
there are many paths to the top of the mountain... but only the chicken knows the way
there are many paths to the top of the mountain... stay away from the one that'll give you poison ivy
ready for you when you're ready for it
clear as mud?!... Water!
just a minute!
No Homework!!... OK... You can get excited about that for about 3 seconds!
I need a cordless phone
boys... when you start dating... don't go ANYWHERE where there is food!
girls... ALWAYS make time to paint the piggies!
click "file" and the "get off" button
anything hurt except your pride??!!
too taxing in 5th grade? ... I think NOT!
don't write the word "word"... write the word... think about that on the bus...you'll laugh all the way home
you're not going to keel over on me, are you?
purple is the new red
I can't even remember what I had for dinner last night... Supreme Senior Moment
you got a blueberry muffin in your pocket?
no snow, no ice, no mud, no foolin'!!
catch-up... ketchup?!
no name, no date, no credit
no pronouns, proper capitalization, proper punctuation, in a complete sentence
if for some strange, unknown, and truly bizarre reason you left it in your locker, GO GET IT
sittin' with the girlies
it's what the cool kids are doing
I'm just saying...
I don't think any of you are going to finish this before lunch... but some of you surprise me!
snow day... 2 hour delay... early dismissal... there go my lesson plans... grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
we have about 6 hours of work to try to cram into 4 hours... that ALMOST never works... but I'm gonna try!
... not that this has anything to do with anything... but...
hush, my angels
3:28pm is NOT a good time to tell me you left something in the gym... on the playground... in the cafeteria...
kids going here, there, and everywhere... HELP ME!!
busdriver is so NOT a classroom job
I have a little more than chocolate pudding between my ears
I may be old, but I have the ears of a cat
where does Aunt Edna keep the teaspoons??!!
really, Mrs. Dingman... no more typing at 4am!
what DOES efficacious mean??
what are you going to do when you're my age??
Never Settle For Less Than Your Best
if Mommy's sad, Lady's sad... don't make my dog cry
Oy, Vay
Bushah, Bushah
think it in your head, not out loud... so next year, your teachers don't think you're a weird kid!
hang your head in shame
done? for real? give your paper to Mrs. D.
you'd think I had a hard last name, or something...
oh... Mrs. Dingman... the good part
the happy dance
see that gray hair... it wasn't there this morning!
get OUT of my chair
I've been a very busy girl
next year's class will not get a single, stinkin' bonus point out of me
there's no whining on the playground
what was I thinking, putting all of my "Caitlins" together??
can I go to the library?
don't swing from the lights
peace, love, and groovy, man
apparently I can't count to 5 (4?, 3?, 2?...) today
a little hyperbole
to work, my angels
oh, come on now... that WAS funny
the train is leaving
lovely
type like the wind
be an information-applier, not an information-spitter
tilt your head a little to the right... come on... that's a PERFECT rectangle
FABULOUS
I LOVE MY 5TH GRADE
I wish my first 5th grade class every future success. It has been my privilege to be your teacher!
