Teaching 6th Grade

Tomorrow is my final day of teaching 6th Grade. As scared and intimidated as I was to teach them at first I have really grown to love these kids. I looked forward to getting up every morning to go to school just because I wanted to see them, and I knew that they wanted to see me too. Over the past (almost) 2 months I have seen these students laugh, cry, get upset, tell jokes, open up to me and most importantly learn. It is amazing how these students have grown even in the short time that I have known them. I'm going to have a hard time leaving these kids. I don't know how teachers do it. Come the end of the school year I'm not gonna want to let my students go. This experience has made me realize that I love teaching and I am so blessed to have had these students in my life.



At conferences last week one of my students moms was telling me how her son talks so highly of me. That comment is something that I will never forget. I realized that day that I may not make a difference in everyone's life but I just made the difference in one persons life and that is all that matters. That student then brought a cupcake cake to class to celebrate my last full day of teaching.

Here are some pictures I took of my students reading. These photos make me SMILE:)

update

Once again I haven't wrote on my blog in a very long time so I thought that I would fill everyone in about what I have been up to since my last post.

Brad and I are getting cows. Yup, you heard me COWS!!! We plan to get 3 Jersey cows no later than this coming spring. We have been getting the barn reading and have been Baling Hay. Here is Brad Baling away on the tractor.


My sister Jessica came to visit and to see the new house. The kiddos had such a great time. :)


We spent our time trying to catch kittens


Drawing with chalk


and playing with Play-Dough


Brad and I went to the Ren. Fest this past fall. We go every other year, switching between the Ren.Fest and the State Fair. Here is a picture me and a pirate. Arrrrrr...


Here was a great shot of the both of us!


and here is Brad by the Dungeon.


On the way home from the Ren.Fest we stopped at MN Largest Candy Store! It was a great time. They have lots of goodies there...


and I'm proud to say we didn't leave there with too many things!