Beach Day Party

Today I told my students that I was thinking we should have a Beach Day at school before the last day. Of course they were so excited about this that they lost their minds and I could barely get them to listen to the task at hand. I wanted them to make a list of things we need for the party. I called on them as they raised their hand to give me suggestions, then wrote their responses up on a piece of chart paper. The list went like this:

Water
Coconuts
Coconut Smoothies
Pools
Swimsuits
Sand
Sunscreen
Hose

Then I asked them what kind of food they would like to have at the party. The list went like this:

Bananas
Cookies
Barbecue (one little girl offered up her grandfather's BBQ services)
Hot dogs with ketchup and mustard
Oranges
Cherries
Watermelon
Tequila for our parents

I'm not kidding.