I love grade three. I think I could stay with these students forever! It’s been an adventure and a half teaching for the past month or so and it’s going to be such a change to switch gears once again and return to a different kind of schooling once again! Oh, but there’s a 3-week break in there, so I’m definitely not complaining. Here are some highlights from my time:

- Student writing. Kids really do say the most wonderful things. I had an assignment where the students were to create their “dream house” and tell me about how it represents their dreams. One girl told me about how she wanted to be “buttiful” when she grew up and have 3 boyfriends and have lots of money. Lofty, self-centred, but totally normal for any average 8 year old.

- Secrets. I’ve had students get me to lean down so that they can tell me a secret about what they’re working on. Anything “outside of the box” and they think their peers will steal their ideas! Thus, I ended up with a self-portrait that had sunglasses on it instead of the average slanted oval eyes with black pupils right in the centre…

- Adoration. The students still really admire their teacher. They strive to please them with their work and they just soak up any praise you have for them! I want to make school a very safe place for them and a place where they receive the affirmation they so crave and need.

Only one more semester left! Ack. I’m going to cry when this placement is over. But, then again, waterworks are nothing new.

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