

Parkview first-graders finish proverbs

5:10 PM, Apr. 20, 2013  |  Comments
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First-graders at Parkview Elementary School in Plymouth recently created their own proverbs.

Students had been learning to identify the main idea while reading fables, which usually have a lesson commonly known as a proverb.

Teachers Josie Hau, Lisa Josephs and Shelley Vanderkin then gave students the first part of a proverb, and had them finish the sentence.

"Lucky for us, a lot of first-graders aren't familiar with proverbs, so when we gave them the first part of one, they wrote their own ending," Hau said in a news release. "Let me tell you, their answers are hilarious."

Some examples of responses include:

"If you can't stand the heat, turn it down!" ... "The early bird sings a beautiful song" ... and "Don't count your chickens because you want it to be a surprise!"