chinchilla/ guess what

chinchilla: A small animal that lives in the mountains. It can jump very high and it can't get too hot or else it will die. Besides it being a fun word to say, it wasn't very interesting. I didn't bring any pictures or stories. Nothing for them to wrap their heads around.

guess what: This was a bitter/sweet idea. They have a tendency to preface every single one of their stories with "Teacher John, I tell you." It has taken me this long to try to fix the problem, because there isn't really an English equivalent to that unless you use "guess what." So now at every second of the day I have a bunch of kids screaming, "Teacher John, guess what!"