Mysteries, eyebrows, and hobos

Some days it just feels natural to want to be a little difficult. Each day I try to pick at least one semi-awkward annoying habit to mischievously aggravate & amuse my 3rd grade students. Today, I chose the "eyebrow raise." Very craftily done, the process is simple. First, face the students with a cheery wide eyed smile. Then, as random and crafty as possible, raise an eyebrow. No matter what happens, one eyebrow MUST remain up at all times. The fun part is secretly switching raised eyebrows while facing the board. Absolutely at NO time must involvement or acknowledgement of said eyebrow be revealed. While most students in general are be absolutely clueless to facial features (slackers), some students pick up on the eyebrow gestures right away.

Me: Good Morning, class. Is everyone having a wonderful day?

Students: yay school

Me: Well, I'm glad we're all ready to learn, now to get started....

New-Kid/Larry: I don't want to learn today.

Me: (eyebrow raise) *slow pivotal turn towards kid* Excellent Larry. I mean, /someone/ has to be the future class hobo. I'm so glad to have finally found someone who would much rather run laps for me at recess than learn really easy stuff. *_* Class lets all congratulate Larry on getting started on his hobo career!!!! (eyebrow switch)

Students: hahaha Larry's going to be a hobo.

Me: (eyebrow switch) Larry I'm going to write your name on the board right now so I won't forget...

New-Kid/Larry: No, no Mrs. Ferrell. I'm just kidding, I don't want to run laps, I want to learn.

Me: (eyebrow switch) *sad face* Well if you /insist/ Larry. That's just too bad, I wonder if anyone else wants to run laps for me. I just love it soooooo much. *looks around room*

Students: *sit straight, *smile, *hands folded (innocent, HAH yeah right)

Me: (eyebrow switch) Okay then, today we are re-analyzing the difference between prisms and pyramids, because apparently we had amnesia yesterday and forgot during our test. *faces board*

Group 1: [overheard whispers]

[New Kid: Mrs. Ferrell's funny.]

[Other Kid: SSSHHH! Her eye is doing that /thing/ again.]

[Smart Kid: Yeah. She said it twitches when it's looking for hobos.]

[Group: *gasp* *immediate silence*]

Who said elementary classroom management was /hard/? *scoff*