"Student Work"

She almost fooled me.

It’s not uncommon for my students to return homework that was clearly not completed by them. Usually when I ask who wrote in perfect handwriting on their paper they will admit to receiving help from an older sibling or parent. Most often, it is the drawing portion of the assignment that has been completed by an adult. This week a student turned in a particularly amusing piece of work.

Here is the assignment completed in class by a Grade 2 student:

The possible event is sleeping. The impossible event is monsters under the bed.

Here is the exact same assignment completed as homework by the same Grade 2 student:

Ahem.

Another student finally explained to me, “girl clean up do” which translates to, “Her servant did it.” Uh-Huh! Sarah and I had a pretty good laugh over it… hope you did too!

xo, jill