Think Outside the Bun

After our weekend get-away, Monday was back to the grindstone. The kids had been out of school all week for fall break, while the teachers were at in-service and like after any break it took them awhile to get them back into the routine.

I stopped by Sam's class on Monday to help him with reading groups and overheard the funniest conversation. He was teaching his middle schoolers about writing good paragraphs with an introduction, supporting details and a conclusion. He drew a picture of a hamburger and labelled the top bun introduction, the meat, cheese, lettuce, etc. as details and the bottom bun as the conclusion. It seemed like a straightforward illustration to me, but the kids took it in a whole different direction. They wanted to know if Sam had every really worked in fast food and if he knew anything about cheeseburgers. Sam told them that he had worked at Taco Bell and a girl in the back shouted out, "well that is the problem, we've got to think outside the bun!" Maybe these kids really do have to think outside the bun.