Staying late to critique writing samples on a rubric. Too many perspectives and variables for any of it make sense or have value.





Had the kids explain in their own words what particular idioms meant today.





One sweetie totally cracked me up with "too big for your britches".







She came up to me with a severely scrunched up face and asked, "what are britches?"







I said it was an old-fashioned word for pants.



She stood still and said again, "I don't get it."



I asked her again to tell me what she thought "too big for your britches" meant in her own words.



She said, "well you need new pants."



Putting your foot in your mouth went over funny too.