tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-165199252024-03-13T11:14:53.787-05:00Mr.Bowers Took My Snack!stuff i think of while teaching drama to young'insMr.Bowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04411960886299852731noreply@blogger.comBlogger611125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16519925.post-18334790399139247062022-02-17T13:52:00.002-06:002022-02-17T13:52:41.744-06:00Chidera Found a Rubix Cube<p> </p><p class="p3" style="margin: 0in;"><span class="s2">Chidera found a Rubix cube in the
gym over in the Kindergarten area where she sits with her classmates as they
arrive in the morning. The cube had an M drawn on one of the center white
squares. I told her it looks like it belongs to someone and I would keep an ear
out to find the owner but if we found the owner she would have to return it.
She agreed, and for the next several mornings she would stop by and show me that
she still had the cube and was still unable to solve it and wasn’t even sure
what solving it meant. One of the fourth graders, saw us talking and told us
that her classmate Nathan could solve a cube very quickly. We walked over to
Nathan and after a few seconds he said someone has altered this cube. One of the squares had been turned around or something and he couldn't solve it. He suggested I take it to Boaz
who could also solve Rubix cubes. </span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="s2">After a few seconds
Boaz also noticed the altered cube and poppped it out and fixed it, then he then proceeded to solve a cube in
about 45 seconds. Chidera‘s eyes lit up! For the next few days she continued to
show me that she still had the cube and had not messed it up. As she was showing
me, William Cumby saw the cube and said that it belong to Miss McClellan‘s
class. Chidera sadly returned the cube. The next day in drama class I was
telling Boaz about the situation. Several of the kids told me that they had Rubix cubes at their
houses and I asked them if any of them had way too many Rubix cubes, like if
there was one that they never played with anymore that we could donate. Wyatt
said that he had one and eventually brought it to school and presented it to
Chidera. She carries it with her every day and comes to show it to me. Today, it was all messed up and I asked her if she wanted it solved, so we took it back over to Boaz!</span><o:p></o:p></p>Mr.Bowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04411960886299852731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16519925.post-57435886051987450552021-10-22T07:41:00.003-05:002021-10-22T07:42:40.125-05:00Problem Solving with Anthony<p> I was trying to tie a PreK'er's shoe and I couldn't quite reach because of my big belly. I asked him to lift his foot up a little bit, but instead, he grabbed my arm and started pulling my hand closer to his foot. </p>Mr.Bowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04411960886299852731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16519925.post-6171220215880848242021-05-04T07:53:00.000-05:002021-05-04T07:53:29.911-05:00Don't Sell ItJAYDEN: Mr. Bowers, I lost a tooth today!<div>MR. BOWERS: Are you going to sell it to the tooth fairy?</div><div>JAYDEN: I know the tooth fairy ain't real.</div><div>MR. BOWERS: Ok, then I'll buy that tooth from you for 5 bucks.</div><div>JAYDEN: :O</div><div><br /></div>Mr.Bowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04411960886299852731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16519925.post-9613535679030214832021-04-12T07:28:00.001-05:002021-04-12T07:28:49.495-05:00Why Were You Late?<p> NATALIE: I was late, my mom was slept over.</p><p>MR. BOWERS: You mean, she "over slept"</p><p>NATLAIE: That's it. </p>Mr.Bowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04411960886299852731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16519925.post-48401892732924235502021-01-25T10:05:00.004-06:002021-01-25T10:07:26.710-06:00Light DrinkerThe 4th graders were performing an improv scenes where a waiter and customer was involved: <div><br /></div><div> WAITER: What would you like to drink, ma'am? </div><div><br /></div><div> ELINOR: I would like a margarita with dry rocks on the side.</div>Mr.Bowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04411960886299852731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16519925.post-82501249400938687642020-12-18T08:00:00.000-06:002020-12-18T08:00:05.807-06:00Unicorns are PopularI show the first graders a character card and they create dialogue--one little girl sees a Unicorn card and starts saying, "I'll help you, Santa!" I tell her that she is thinking of a reindeer and she tells me that the raindeer are sick...I tell her that she can make a bunch of money off of that story if she makes it a children's book!Mr.Bowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04411960886299852731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16519925.post-10916727387426407842020-12-18T07:57:00.001-06:002020-12-18T07:57:24.595-06:00Fiction FunIn 5th grade drama, we are creating scenes where I give them two characters and they come up with conversation...these two kids came up with a story between an old man and an artist where the old man wants to hire the artist to paint a picture to be displayed at his funeral. The artist only does skateboart art, so he tries to pose the old man in all these hilarious skating positions to much difficulty. Then we talked about how funny it would be if the painting was displayed at the funeral with this old dude in some crazy skating pose. It seemed like straight off Sienfeld. Mr.Bowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04411960886299852731noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16519925.post-19780199323123493742020-12-15T07:43:00.003-06:002020-12-15T07:43:40.986-06:00Kinder FictionJESSICA (KINDER): I am the queen and I live in a castle and my husband goes to work and I stay home and make gingerbread. Sometimes my husband eats all of the food and I don't have any.Mr.Bowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04411960886299852731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16519925.post-19575637403776631812020-12-15T07:36:00.006-06:002021-01-25T10:08:15.827-06:00I Eat That Also!I was passing out the alphabet puppets for the PreK kids and the letter
V-VULTURE went to... <div><br /></div><div> AIDEN: My puppet eats DEAD FOOD!
</div>Mr.Bowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04411960886299852731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16519925.post-64644110627127695462020-12-15T07:27:00.002-06:002020-12-15T07:27:35.079-06:00This Witch Likes Cute BoysRILEY (kinder): In the story, "Handsome and Gretle," the witch tries to eat Handsome.Mr.Bowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04411960886299852731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16519925.post-87087780631850909792020-04-20T09:16:00.000-05:002020-04-20T09:16:57.755-05:00Teaching From HomeHowdy! I've been teaching Drama from home now, so now anyone can see my class! Here was the first lesson I submitted and I was super nervous because I only had a few hours to get it together and it had to be 30 minutes. <3 p=""><br />
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<br /></3>Mr.Bowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04411960886299852731noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16519925.post-19519867172472823332020-03-06T17:55:00.000-06:002020-03-06T17:55:10.630-06:00Nice CostumeWhen a kid shows up with an injured wrist or some other injury that requires them to have a bandage wrapped around their arm or leg, I’ll say to the kid, “Nice start to your Mummy costume—if you finish it, no one will even know you’re injured.”Mr.Bowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04411960886299852731noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16519925.post-49318219681190193002019-02-19T17:10:00.004-06:002019-02-19T17:10:54.336-06:00Mr. Bowers, He Pushed Me.You know, if you like pushing so much, you should hang out by the swingset. You would be the most popular kid in school.Mr.Bowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04411960886299852731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16519925.post-16343399081889378172018-11-16T07:23:00.002-06:002018-11-30T13:03:06.095-06:00That's a New OneOLIVE (Kindergartner): Awwww, I wish I had a little sister.<br />
MR. BOWERS: Olive, be careful what you wish for...haven't you heard the expression, "The grass is always greener on the other side"?<br />
OLIVE: No, the only expression I have ever heard is, "Hold on to your hat."<br />
MR. BOWERS: ???Mr.Bowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04411960886299852731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16519925.post-53009332802287205112018-11-01T07:55:00.001-05:002018-11-01T07:55:01.512-05:00The Song of the Fire(LOUD FIRE ALARM SOUND During Bilingual Kindergarten)<br />
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ISABELLA: Ohhhh, I'm scared!<br />
MR. BOWERS: Don't worry, it isn't a real fire.<br />
CAMILA: Yes, it's only the song.<br />
MR. BOWERS: ...That's right...it's only the song of the fire!<br />
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Now, that's what I will always call fire alarms and fire truck sirens. I guess now police cars also make the song of the criminal.Mr.Bowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04411960886299852731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16519925.post-44497221369168105262018-10-03T07:24:00.001-05:002018-10-03T07:24:52.785-05:00Shouting OutIt drives me crazy when kids shout out stuff while I'm giving directions! If they would just LISTEN!!!<br />
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MR. BOWERS: Ok, now, we are going to move our bodies as though we are in an earthquake...<br />
SANJEEV: Oh! Oh! Can we pretend that it's an earthquake in Mexico, because--<br />
MR. BOWERS: Sanjeev! It's just an earthquake--I don't care where it's happni--<br />
SANJEEV: Because--<br />
MR. BOWERS: IT DOESN'T MATTER WHERE IT IS!!! It could be on MARS happening 1,000 years from now for all I care, it just needs to be an EARTHQUAKE!<br />
SANJEEV: That would be a MARSQUAKE!<br />
MR. BOWERS: SANJEEEEEEV!!!!!!......ok, that was pretty funny.<br />
<br />Mr.Bowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04411960886299852731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16519925.post-56379403827188721642018-09-17T13:53:00.002-05:002018-09-17T13:53:38.612-05:00The Smelly HandSometimes, when a class does really good, I give them The Smelly Hand, which means that I put a cool flavor of chap stick on their hand. Today one of the kinder kids said, "Oooh, that smells heck of good!"Mr.Bowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04411960886299852731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16519925.post-25071450633600399652018-05-04T14:41:00.002-05:002018-05-04T14:41:57.820-05:00Evil Music TeacherWhen playing the Recorder, your thumb should be behind the recorder. The Music teacher tells the kids that it's like they are hiding their thumb from her...<br />
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MUSIC TEACHER: If I see your thumb, I'm gonna chop it off and put it in my jar of thumbs!!<br />
THE CLASS: (GASP!!)<br />
TIANNA: You never know...people have secrets.Mr.Bowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04411960886299852731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16519925.post-81277880609372826162018-05-04T14:38:00.002-05:002018-05-04T14:38:36.439-05:00Selective MemoryA kid returned a book to the library that they found inside the Beans Bin at the local grocery store. We looked up who checked it out last and then found the kid and asked him about it...<br />
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MR. BOWERS: Leonel, did you shove this book into a bin of beans at the store?<br />
LEONEL: Umm, you know, I kind of don't remember things sometimes...Mr.Bowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04411960886299852731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16519925.post-48265600013140250582018-05-04T14:33:00.002-05:002018-05-04T14:33:54.772-05:00Bossy Evil First GraderMR. BOWERS: Joseph, please go to your seat...Joseph, PLEASE go to your seat...NOW Joseph, please go to your seat!<div>
JOSEPH: Shut up!<div>
MR. BOWERS: Ummmm, Joseph, were you talking to me? Did I just hear you tell me to SHUT UP?</div>
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JOSEPH: Yeah, because you won't stop talking.</div>
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Mr.Bowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04411960886299852731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16519925.post-25774285111820386262018-05-04T14:28:00.002-05:002018-05-04T14:28:55.542-05:00So PunnyCOLE: Mr. Bowers, I'm gonna give you a knuckle sandwich!<br />
MR. BOWERS: No, thanks, Cole, I'm not hungry.<br />
COLE: No, that means I'm gonna give you a PUNCH!<br />
MR. BOWERS: I'm not thirsty either, and besides, punch has too much sugar in it--<br />
COLE: NOOO, that means your gonna get some PAYBACK!<br />
MR. BOWERS: Cole, I never loaned you money, you don't owe me any payback!<br />
COLE: AAAGGGHHH!!!Mr.Bowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04411960886299852731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16519925.post-14061165107177361692017-11-28T13:12:00.001-06:002017-11-28T13:12:14.334-06:00Bad Case of the StripesEMERSON (1st Grader) Where's Kamryn today?<br />
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MADELINE: She's sick--she says she has a STRIPED throat.Mr.Bowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04411960886299852731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16519925.post-62359293436839783602017-03-07T13:38:00.000-06:002017-03-07T13:38:09.248-06:00Falling TeethWALLID: (Kinder) Mr. Bowers, I have a moving tooth!<br />
MR. BOWERS: And, what does it mean to have a moving tooth?<br />
WALLID: When your tooth is moving, it's about to fall down.Mr.Bowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04411960886299852731noreply@blogger.com55tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16519925.post-24264610548980651872017-01-05T14:27:00.002-06:002017-01-05T14:27:23.550-06:00Another Time PeriodMR. BOWERS: Your Imagination Journey can happen in any place and even any time period.<br />
MELIA: Oooh! We can even write about the olden days, like back in 1999.<br />
MR. BOWERS: The olden days, huh? When were you born?<br />
MELIA: I was born in 2007.<br />
MR. BOWERS: Ok, then, yes, you can write about the olden days...way back in 1999.<br />
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<br />Mr.Bowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04411960886299852731noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16519925.post-61288784831815743702016-12-14T12:23:00.003-06:002016-12-14T12:23:56.538-06:00Not a Winning ToothKindergartners are so funny when they don't know how to talk right! haha!<br />
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NADINE: Mr. Bowers, guess what? I have a LOSING tooth and I'm gonna get something from the tooth fairy!Mr.Bowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04411960886299852731noreply@blogger.com1