More Letters from my Students...

My students received my response to each of their letters early last week, and I am including their replies:

*Dear Miss Hartman,

       My favoret color is light blue. Your my favoret thing about secend grade. Math is my favoret subject. What’s yours?

*Dear Miss Hartman,

       Yes, I did went on a boat before. No, I don’t have pet. My favoite day of the week is Saturday and my favoite Holiday is the same. Wats your favoite time of the day mines the afternoon whats yours?

*Dear Miss Hartman,

       I am glad that you are my teacher. Do you have a sister? What is your favorite?

*Dear Miss Hartman,

       I like science and math I like science becase it blowes up? I like Math becase it will mach me smat?

*Dear Miss Hartmen,

       I like to get on poptropica? And play and I like to go out side? And I like to play in site?

*Dear Ms. Hartman,

       My time of the year is summer, spring. Yes I tate swiming lessons and tennis lessons. My birthday is November the 11^th. I was born November the 11^th 2002. I love to read. So you must be 23 years old.

*Dear Miss Hartman,

       I have a dog he is cool. Have a snow ball fight. I like to swim! Do you like dogs.

*Dear Miss Hartmant,

       My favorite shape is a dimond. My favorite color is pink.

*Dear Miss Hartman,

       My eye color is green. Do you still have your cat? I like that name! It so cute! I love when they purr too! I do have a lot of freckles just like my big brother were almost twins! My birthday is dec. 18.

*Dear Miss Hartman,

       I think I know where Iowa is. I have 8 in my family. I have a mom, a dad, 4 brothers and 1 sister including me. I like to write those kind a songs too. Maybe I will bring one of my in sometime. I like to draw my family, flowers, me and my friends.

*Dear Mis Hartman,

       Well I love evre thing about school What do you like about school?

Oh Warm Weather... Please Come!

Today I took my students outside to reward them for their great behavior last week. We drew pictures on a huge empty space in the parking lot to make us feel hot because it is cold outside. Students drew the beach. They drew large oceans. I counted at least five huge suns, some flowers, a beach umbrella, and one student drew his footprints in yellow sand. My favorite may have been that a student drew a volcano erupting. He said the lava would be really hot!
My favorite part about this activity was that they interacted with a story about Ali that we read last week. Ali drew pictures on the sidewalk to make everyone in her neighborhood feel cool because it was so hot outside.
Now from the looks of all of the work that my students did today on the parking lot, we are all ready for it to get warm outside!

Satisfaction

I officially fell in love with my job this week! My heart has been wondering for the past few weeks why my time in the classroom felt forced and unnatural... well, good things take time! And I have really been praying hard for all of my students. On Wednesday afternoon my co-operating teacher told me that she needed me to teach for the entire day on Thursday because she had some things that she needed to get done. I was a bit nervous that I would burn out after an entire day on my feet and with my full focus on all of these little people. But I took one subject area at a time. I lived in each moment when it happened to me, and it was wonderful! Not gonna lie, I felt so hungry after my day at school that I downed an entire strawberry-banana smoothie and a huge cinnamon roll, but I still love teaching my students. I love figuring out what each of them needs from me. I love seeing that some of them need a bit of motherly affection, and others need me to be strong and maintain authority over them. Some need just a simple band-aid and others need a friendly note on their homework. All of my students have fallen in love with the read-aloud, Despereaux, and it is so fun to come to that time in the afternoon when I sit in the rocking chair and just read to them. I love my quiet students. I so enjoy making them smile. I even got a laugh out of my sweet yet shy little girl this week. This student recently wrote me a note telling me how much she loved having me as her teacher. Very touching!
I believe that there will be challenges ahead of me. I am not naive to think that just because I love what I am doing it won't be hard, but I am secure to say that I rest in the strength of the Lord; and I continue to see his provisions for me!

I am including a picture taken last week.
When I saw it, I just felt so satisfied!

Advice

Some great advice for my personality...
"Remember that these are little people, and they won't always get it perfect or get it together. They need to be loved and accepted despite their mistakes and errors."

Letters from My Students

This week my students wrote me letters, and I would like to share them with you:

*Dear Miss Hartman,

       Do you like well love pet fish? Well I love fish! Do you like school?

*Dear Miss Hartman,

       Do you like my?

       Do you like fish?

       Do you like prezls?

       I like prezlz.

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3_____

*Dear Miss Hartman,

       Do you like to play? My fafret thang is to get on the puwter. and outside too. and with you.

*Dear Miss Hartman,

       Do you like yellow? Favorite food and favorite book? I wonder if you like reading like me? Whats your favorite day of the week and favorite Month of the year? Whats your favorite numder and favorite shape is it a star?

*Dear Miss Hartman

       Do you like school? I’m happy your here with us. What is your favoret color? Do you like us? Do you like Mrs. P? Do you lik the teachers here?

*Dear Miss. Hartman,

       Do you like dog? I love you so so so so much I hate cats. Do you hate cats? Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love

*Dear Miss Hartman

       1. Do you think we are smart?

       2. Do you like sandwhiches?

       3. Do you like to swim in the summer?

       4. Do you like to read?

       5. Do you like roses?

       6. Is your mom still alive?

*Dear Miss Hartman,

       Where are you from? What is your favorite color? How is brody? What do you like to do for fun? I am very happy that you are my student teacher.

*Dear Mrs. Hartman,

       do you have a baby? do you like Scool to? I like Scool to.

*Dear Miss Harment,

       Would you like to go skating and bowling? Would you like to go fishing?

*Dear Miss. H

       Do you like fish? Do you like shaks and whails?

*Dear Miss Hartman,.

       What is your Favuret thig? My is playing socr do you.

*Dear Miss Hartman

       Do you Thank I smart Yet? Do you like mony Do you?

I got a kick out of these. They are such sweet children. Enjoy deciphering the words that they are still learning and chunking out. I think you will get the gist of what they are asking.