"Is one hundred and ten real?"
I thought for a moment. "Do you mean is one hundred and ten a real number?"
"Yeah."
"Yes it is honey."

1st/2nd grade
What's a jewia?
Today we were talking about Sacajewia, the famous Native American who helped Lewis and Clark discover the Northwest.
"What's a jewia?" a boy asked.
"You mean Sacajewia?" I said.
"Yeah, what's a jewia?" he replied.
Right then I realized that he thought I had said "sack of jewia". I explained who Lewis, Clark and Sacajewia were. Even at the end, some kids still didn't understand. They asked,
"Why did they carry a sack of something across the United States?"
"What's in the sack?"
"What's a jewia?"

Third Grade
I was reading aloud from "Ramona the Pest" by Beverly Cleary. We came across a section of the book in which Ramona's Dad comes home and tells the family that the car's transmission is broken, and that the auto repair shop will let them pay in installments. Knowing that the students probably didn't know what this meant, I asked them to take their best guess.

"I think it means that Ramona's Dad will have to pay before they install it."

Sounds logical to me….