Who lives in an Easter Island Moai under the sea?

Squidward J. Tentacles of course!

Last week when I went to Will Richardson's conference, I left work for my students to complete. They had a reading comprehension packet titled "Ancient Visitors?". The article focused on the strange buildings/drawings of ancient civilizations. I figured this tied in nicely with last month's study of science fiction and this week's focus of distinguishing between facts and opinions. I didn't think much about it and planned to go over it as a class today.

Fast forward to this morning . . .

We are going over the passage, and I am reading it aloud. I'm reading the part about the Easter Island Giants, when a student stops me.

"Ms. Willis, have you ever watched Spongebob Squarepants?"

"Yes, why?"

"Well, those pictures of those statue things, they look a lot like Squidward's house."

I told him that he was right and that it did look like Squidward's house.

Then the assistant principal came in to talk about a fashion show that she's planning. While she was talking I did a Google Image search for a picture to compare it to. I wound up at I actually found a website that talked all about how his house is designed to look like an Easter Island Moai. I couldn't believe that someone did this research and posted it on answers.com but I'm sure glad they did. As silly as it is, because of this person's research I was able to facilitate a connection for my kids.




Will my kids remember where Easter Island is? Probably not.
Will my kids remember what a Moai is? Probably not.
Will my kids remember that Squidward's house is supposed to look like an ancient statue?
DEFINITELY!