You never know what a 6-7 year-old will say. I have one student who just loves words. She fell in love with the word boomerang for a while. It didn't matter what it was as long as she kept saying the word. She used to ask a hundred questions a lesson. When I answered, she kept asking variations of the same question: "Is so-and-so up to this page? I think she's done with the book. Is she in the last book?" (I had just told her what page the other student was on.) I decided that she didn't ask questions to find out information or talk in order to say anything. She did it to hear words coming out of her mouth.
Every time she makes a mistake she says, "Whoopsie(s)!" in a sing-song voice while tossing her head from one side to the other. (This is a darling little girl of Thai descent so the action puts me in stitches every time.) I noticed several of her classmates said the same thing, and I figured it was something going around school.
Then I noticed that I did it. Whenever the younger ones make a mistake, I gently cue them that it is wrong by saying "whoops." What's worse, I don't think I picked it up from my students. I began to wonder if I had started the whole thing.
So then, once or twice I extended their favorite epithet and said "Whoopsie Daisy!" Two nights ago, my student made a mistake and exclaimed--well, let's just say I think I may be the culprit after all.
I've begun adding "Uh-oh Spaghettios!" Haven't heard that one come back yet. I don't know if these kids even eat Spaghettios.
I wonder what the first grade teachers think. LOL
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