Recently overheard in my classroom:

• "Mrs. ******, you don't miss a beat, do you?"
• "Mrs. ****** - you own!"
• "I just finished the book - wow - I didn't expect that. I feel kind of weird."
• "Do a wheelie on your bike, Mrs. ******!" (it's Tootsie Roll day = Biker Day. I went for the little-kid biker look complete with helmet and bike with bell and streamers...photos coming soon, hopefully)
• Me, to a group of AP studnets noisily working outside my room: "Hey guys, you wanna see what learning looks like? Check out the students in my room right now!" (all my Comm I kids are toally engrossed in Of Mice and Men)