- Today we have a big surprise for a viewer
named Carly Flanders, and she's a first grade teacher
at Elmer Wolfe Elementary in Union Bridge, Maryland,
and like a lot of teachers, Charlie--
Carly does amazing things for her students.
She's also a huge fan of this show.
We sent--Jeannie is there at the school,
and she's outside the classroom. Hi, Jeannie.
Hi.
- Hi, Ellen. - Oh, she's whispering.
Hi. Tell us about Carly.
Tell us all about Carly.
- Okay, Ellen, I got to tell you.
- What? - Carly is so amazing.
So Elmer Wolfe Elementary is a title one school,
so a lot of the kids that attend here
come from really, really low-income families.
But Carly will do whatever she can to help her students,
from paying for school supplies, or even paying for food.
And her students know that no matter what's going on at home,
as soon as they walk in her classroom doors,
they're gonna have fun, and they're gonna learn.
Carly is awesome, and like you said, Ellen,
she loves you. She's a huge fan of the show.
I'm so excited for this surprise.
I cannot wait.
- Okay, so she thinks something else is going on.
There's a camera in her classroom,
but she doesn't know that we're gonna do this.
[phone trilling]
Look how well behaved those kids are.
- Hello? - Hello, is this Carly?
- Yes. - Are you expecting a call
from the Ellen DeGeneres Show?
- Yes I am. - Are you expecting a call
from Ellen DeGeneres?
- No. - Well, hello.
- Hello. - Hello.
- Hello. - Hello?
- Hello! - Hello?
- Hi! - Hi.
All right, we're gonna play a game
and see how good you are at your job.
We're calling it "Are You Smarter Than a First-Grader?"
Jeannie, tell them how to play the game.
- Yes.
Okay, all right. So, boys and girls, listen up.
Everybody's gonna get a paddle, okay?
Ellen gave me some yes or no questions I'm going to ask you,
and of you think the answer to the question is yes,
you're going to show me the yes side, okay, the green side.
If you think the answer's no, you show me the red side,
and if you get all of them right,
you're going to win a really big prize for your school.
How cool is that?
[all cheering]
Okay, here we go.
So question number one:
A triangle has three sides, yes or no?
Three sides, a triangle has three sides.
There we go. All right! Good job!
[cheers and applause]
Okay, question number two, question number two.
Mrs. Flanders is the best teacher ever.
[cheers and applause]
They got that one, Ellen. They got that one.
All right, question number three:
Two plus two equals six.
- Well, they're very smart. Very smart.
- That was right. That looks good.
Good job, you guys. Good job.
Okay, now, here's the next one.
Do you know what Ellen says at the end of every show?
Can you guys all say it together?
all: Be kind to one another.
Be kind to-- that's right. And, Ellen, I gotta show you.
They have a sign right here.
They have that for you. There we go.
- Oh, that's-- - So you guys definitely
knew that one. Okay, that one was right.
- Amazing. What an amazing class.
And listen to this, for getting every answer right,
we got you this.
Jeannie, Jeannie, it's facing the wrong direction.
- Oh. Oh, no, you're right. Sorry.
- Shutterfly wants to give you $20,000.
We're going to play one more round,
but this time, it's just me and you playing,
okay, Carly? Me and you.
Ready?
All right.
I'm gonna ask you three questions.
If you get them all right, I'm gonna give you one more thing.
So here we go.
Yes or no, you were meant to be a teacher.
- Okay. - Yes.
- Yes? - Yes. 100%.
- 100%. Yes or no,
you're living at home with your parents
because you can't afford to live alone.
- All right. - Yes. Yeah.
- All right, I know. Yes or no,
you've spent over $1,000 of your own money
on your students in your classroom this year.
Yes.
Yes. So you got all of them right,
So you win.
So Shutterfly thinks you're amazing.
I think you're amazing.
So they're going to give you $10,000.
[cheers and applause]