beatles birthday

there is a 3rd grade boy-not in my class- that loves the beatles. when i say loves, i mean he wants to be paul mccartney. the only problem is, he has the brightest red hair i've ever seen and it's hard to understand him when he sings because he's so excited, everything gets all jumbled up. when he was in 1st grade, i found out that he was a fan of the fab four and we have had many discussions about our favorite songs, lyrics, and beatle. earlier this week, his teacher told me that he and i shared the same birthday- april 2nd. when he found this out, he brought me picture after picture of beatles- related things. here are two of the best pieces of birthday art i've ever received.

this is an octopus' birthday party (notice the underwater SCUBA "helments". this kid is really attentive to details.)

this is jeremy, the nowhere man, from the yellow submarine. i'll get another picture later of the beatles surrounded by the numbers 1-64, a tribute to the quintessential birthday/valentine's day song...

the revenge that never was...

this is a presidential tall tale written by one of my students in february for presidents' day. he researched JFK by himself...online, at the library, in all of the books about presidents in my classroom...and came up with this. here it is in its original, unedited, amazing form...

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Now everyone knows the story of John F Kennedy- or so they think. But this is the real story. When Kennedy was a kid he got a football injury in his head, so he forgot some things. When he was on his way to Dallas he went to a buffet then he forgot to pay because his injury in football. When the owner Lee Harvey Oswald found out it was too late. He thought, “I’ve got to do something to get revenge.” So he got his gun and decided to go to Dallas. Well JFks football injury caused him to see in the future. He said to his wife Jackie, “let’s go to the car dealership, because the car we have might be a little dangerous.” So he got a hooded bulletproof car. When Lee Harvey Oswald shot the bulletproof car the bullet ricocheted and hit him in the eye. Later, lee Harvey Oswald died and john f Kennedy lived a long life.