oh the phone calls I'm going to get...

Every year I watch "March of the Penguins" because it is so so so good.  To be honest when my dad gave it to me for Christmas a few years ago I was like "grrrrreat....thanks."  But I watch it in my classroom EVERY year and my kids always love it.  I'm constantly going "Shhh!  Listen!  You're gonna miss it!" because they get so excited to see real, actual penguins in their real, actual habitat that they can't just sit there and watch without asking questions.  If you don't have it in your collection, go rent it.  Spread out over a few days it doesn't take up that much time.

Plus I have some things your kids can be doing while it's on.  ;)  I'm working on a new penguin writing/craft project now that I'll have finished by the end of the week but if you just can't wait, you can see my post on penguins from last year {here}.

So we started our penguin unit today and I once again gave my kids a circle map to record information they hear while we're watching the video.  {This time the circle map will be part of the penguin...stay tuned!!}  I wrote "penguins" on the board, started the video and was going about my business making commentary with the film and watching to see who was actually writing down facts.

And then...I saw it.  Oh the phone calls I'm going to get when it hangs in the hall.

The topic we learned about today apparently was:

I literally laughed out loud and couldn't help myself.  "Wow!  You're doing such a great job!" was my only recovery.  Then I took a picture of it and texted it to my mom and sister with the title "In case you need to study up."  Allison, also a teacher, got it immediately.  Mom, on the other hand, wasn't so sure. "I don't get it.  And why do I need to study that?"  Oh, mother...

I was definitely in need of a laugh today and this student {while he still struggles to copy!} was able to give me that gift.

Now to fix it before we complete his project...