- from Asia, a very sweet first grader who always sits with me everytime I proctor during dismissal. She would always come up to me with a drawing and tells me about her new book of animals. Up until the third term, she would still talk about animals. She can be whiny and uncooperative at times, but I'm hopeful that by next year she'd be more mature and a good speller :) I hope to satiate her thirst for learning about animals next year.
- a birthday card from Vince, one of the more mischievous boys in first grade. This made me smile because I didn't really expect he would make me a card and even remember about the specific things he learned from me. There never was a Computer class that he didn't ask for my help, and I guess with this card, he is telling me that he appreciates what I do for him. I somewhat feel guilty now for the times that I lose my patience with him because he couldn't do things independently. It is during these times that I resolve to stretch my patience a little bit more because some children really need the understanding.
- I just had to include this birthday card from Melissa. I have to give credit T.Beth, the ELA teacher for this because the elements of the letter really did endure for this little girl! She was one of the average ones in her class, but now I realize that I somewhat underestimated her in this regard. Each child truly has different strengths and weaknesses. One may excel in one subject, and be just average in another. This is another reminder for me to adjust myself to each child's capabilities and make learning enduring for them.
- a hilarious acrostic from Andy, another first grader. I felt she really tried hard to think of words to describe me and she wanted more words that's why she added her name! Aah, kids really do say the darnest things that's why I came to love the first and second graders. They are just full of wit!
- first grader Sean does take the cake for honesty! Had a laugh-out-loud moment with this one. He is one of the more assertive students in class who can sometimes be coming on too strong. Anyway, I did appreciate his gesture :)
- I received this early in the year from Jana. It made me laugh because it seemed like she owed me for not studying! It's heartwarming to know that there are students who consider the feelings of their teachers for mediocre performance. It turned out that she only got one mistake in that long test. I wrote her a reply on the same test and told her that she shouldn't think about herself as not good enough and by trying very hard she could easily succeed. She went on to reap a medal during Recognition Day.
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