Ballet According to 2nd Graders

Posted on February 11, 2013 by Squarehead Teachers

I was in a 2nd grade classroom recently and had the following comical conversation with two of the boys:

Boy 1: “Say this 2 times fast: two”

Me: “two two”

Boy 1: <laughing hysterically >

Me: “Do you know what a tutu is?”

Boy 1: “Yeah, it’s the dress that dance girls wear.”

Me: “Yes. Ballerinas wear tutus.”

Boy 2:”And the dance boys wear skinny jeans!”

Boy 1: “Yeah, I’m wearing skinny jeans today just like those dance boys!”

Boy 2: “I’m wearing skinny jeans too! I could be a dance boy in these pants.”

This Would Only Happen to a Kid…

Posted on February 10, 2013 by Squarehead Teachers

I was in an elementary school nurse’s office the other day. A tiny girl standing against the wall accidentally scooted under the automatic hand sanitizer dispenser… yup. The machine squirted foam on her head! A little white dollop of foam on her cute little red head. I was trying SO hard not to crack up laughing!!!

Thanksgiving Jokes

Posted on November 16, 2012 by Squarehead Teachers

I found this cute page of Thanksgiving Jokes from Activity Village. Too cute! Click the following hyperlink to get the PDF page of jokes: Thanksgiving Jokes for Kids

Thanksgiving Decoding Worksheets (free!)

Posted on November 16, 2012 by Squarehead Teachers

My students seem to love to decode things, so I made these 3 Thanksgiving worksheets for decoding. I count them as logic practice. Each code has multiple versions so you can select the one most appropriate for your class. The versions are: the easy version (A- might work for 2nd/3rd grades with teacher scaffolding?), medium version (B- might work for 3/4th grades?) and a hard version (C- might work for 5th/6th grades?). Click here for the entire collection: Thanks Decoders 1-3 PDF Happy Turkey Day!

Answers:

Code 1:What is blue and covered with feathers? A turkey holding its breath!
Code 2: Why did the turkey play drums in his band? Because he already had drumsticks!
Code 3: When the Pilgrims landed, where did they stand? On their feet!

How To Download Awesome Fonts… For Free!

Posted on November 14, 2012 by Squarehead Teachers

Technology can be intimidating sometimes. Most of the time, all you need to figure it out is for someone to give you simple, step by step directions. One of my teacher friends requested that I write up how to get free fonts for your computer, so I thought I’d share it with you. There are lots of places/ways to get free fonts to download, but here’s one way.

Lil’ Squarehead’s way:

Make a temporary folder on your desktop called “fonts”. You can delete is when you’re done with this project.
Go to www.dafont.com
Browse fonts and find one you like (or 2000 that you like). There are categories at the top that sort the different styles of fonts. I don’t know if the ones labeled “demo” work as well, I haven’t gotten all the kinks worked out with this yet…
Once you’ve found the font you like, click the red “download” button to the right of the font you’ve chosen.
Another window will probably pop up, asking you where you’d like your computer to save the font file. Choose your temporary font file on your desktop.
Once it’s saved, it will be in a compressed zip folder. You’ll need to unzip it before you can install it
1. Right click the file, click “extract all”
2. Another window will pop up asking where you want to save it. Don’t change anything. Just click ok.
3. This will create a duplicate file, but the new one will be unzipped so you can access the stuff inside.
4. Delete the old compressed file (the one with the zipper on it).
Now you have the new font downloaded in an unzipped, regular folder. Open the folder and you’ll see between 1-3 files. The one you want is a “Open True Type Font” file or a “True Type Font” file. Right click on this and click “install”. (Depending on your computer user profile settings, you might need to enter an administrator password).
Now your file is installed in the computer in the place where all the fonts are stored (more technical than I’m gonna worry about).
Once you’ve installed all the fonts you want, delete the files (remember they’re on the computer’s font list) and the temporary fonts folder on your desktop.
Smile and enjoy your fonts!

Snarky Poster for Your Classroom UPDATED

Posted on November 2, 2012 by Squarehead Teachers

I loved this phrase, and I love chevron, so why not put them together into a fun poster for your classroom! Free printable poster is formatted to print on a regular 8.5″ x 11″ piece of paper. Click here for the free printable PDF: Study Maybe snarky poster

Happy Halloween!

Posted on October 31, 2012 by Squarehead Teachers

Have a safe and spooky Halloween!

Great Kid Jokes!

Posted on October 25, 2012 by Squarehead Teachers

Silly Puns

1. Why did the chicken cross the playground?

-To get to the other slide.

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2. What do you call a pig that knows karate?

– A pork chop!

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3. Why do bees have sticky hair?

-Because they use honeycombs.

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4. Why was the man running around his bed?

-He wanted to catch up on his sleep.

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5. What does a robot frog say?

-Rib-bot. (Said in your best robot voice)

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6. Why is 6 afraid of 7?

-Because 7 8 9!

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7. What’s black and white, black and white, black and white?

-A penguin rolling down a hill!

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8. Why do cows wear bells?

-Because their horns don’t work!

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9. What does a snail say when it’s riding on a turtle’s back?

-Weeeee!!

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10. How did the barber win the race?

-He knew a short cut.
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Knock Knock Jokes

11. Knock, knock.

-Who’s there?

Boo.

–Boo who?

Please don’t cry. It’s only a joke.

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12. Knock, knock.

–Who’s there?

Nobody.

–Nobody who?

(Stay silent)

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13. Knock, knock.

–Who’s there?

Interrupting cow.

–Interrupting c..

MOO!!!

(Can be used with any animal. Just interrupt the other person with the corresponding animal noise!)

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14. Knock, knock.

–Who’s there?

Cows say.

–Cows say who?

No silly, cows say moo!

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15. Knock, knock.

-Who’s there?

Owls say.

–Owls say who?

Yep.

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16. Knock, knock.

–Who’s there?

Tank.

–Tank who?

You’re welcome!

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17. Knock, knock.

–Who’s there?

Little old lady.

–Little old lady who?

I didn’t know you could yodel!

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More Kid-Tested Jokes

18. What is brown and sticky?
–A stick!

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19. Why did half a chicken cross the road?
– To get to his other side!

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20. What’s mom and dad’s favorite ride at a fair?
– A married-go-round!

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21. Where do cows go on Friday night?
– To the MOOOvie theater.

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22. What did zero say to eight?
– Nice belt!

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23. Where do sheep get their wool cut?
– At the BAAAbars!

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24. Knock, knock.
–Who’s there?
Banana.
–Banana who?
Knock, knock.
–Who’s there?
Banana
–Banana who?
Knock, knock.
– Who’s there?
Orange.
–Orange who?
Orange you glad I didn’t say banana again?