5-22-11 Last post

This will be the last post of the year, due to the crazziness of this last 4 days of school. I just want to take this time to share with all of you what a joy it has been teaching fifth grade this year. Fifth graders are a unique group of people who are trying to decide if they are still little kids...or preteens. They have great senses of humor, and they still enjoy learning. Good luck to the fifth graders as they become sixth graders...you'll do GREAT! Have a terrific summer everyone. I'll be posting once a week to the blog with ideas for summer reading and learning, so check back every so often!

You're a very special person,
And I want you to know.
How I loved to be your teacher,
How fast the weeks did go!
Come back and visit me
As through the grades you grow,
Try hard to learn all that you can
There is so much to know.
The one thing I try to teach you
To last your whole life through,
Is to know that you are special,
Just because you are you!

Things to know about this week:
Monday: last spelling and vocabulary test
Grades are due
Tuesday: track meet in the morning
Wednesday: Reading relays in the afternoon
Throw water balloons at Mr. Thompson if you are the grade's top reader
Thursday: Awards in the morning
Last day of school