Since we're completing our "magnets" unit, I introduced "matter" and had students take out their notebooks to create a little web. We named "liquid, solid, and gas"... which apparently was a mere review from first grade.
Me: "What's an example of a liquid, boys and girls?"
M: "Juice!"
D: "Water!"
T: "Soda!"
Me: "Very good! Let's get one more example to write in our web. A, what is another liquid?"
A: "Beer!"
I wanted to laugh and go "what the"!? But every student went "OoOoOOOooooooo" and got large eyes, looking to him, looking to me... just waiting to see if there was going to be a scolding. Probably much to their surprise, I calmly told him, yes, it was a liquid but we won't put grownup stuff on our lists. We smiled, the tension dissipated, and they went merrily to filling out more examples.
The next moment was when we got to the "gas" category. You can imagine what a bunch of 7-8 year olds gave as an example. Try quieting them after that. :P
- Miss Chelsea :)
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