Dear Students,
Do you ever wonder what your teachers do when they’re not working with you in school? Teachers do a lot of different things, but one things they ALL do is learn. Yes, teachers are learners too, just like you! They are always learning about new things to teach, and how best to teach them.
Recently, I had the pleasure of working with the teachers at Trillium Charter School in Portland, Oregon. If you are a student at Trillium, see if you can recognize the teachers in the pictures below. Together we explored different ways of helping you become better writers. We did this by sharing, doing activities, and WRITING.
We each wrote about a teacher who had made a difference in our lives. I wrote about my fourth grade teacher, Mrs. Domovich, who had helped me deal with the heavy pressure I put on myself. Your teachers each wrote about their special teacher. After finishing our drafts, we got help from each other (editing) and shared our writing.
What about you? Have you ever had a special teacher? When was it? What did your teacher do? I hope you will write about the teacher. Add details to help readers get a good sense of what that teacher meant to you. If you can’t think of a special teacher, you could write about what traits a special teacher would have.
When you complete your writing, I hope you will share it. You can share it with other students in your class and/or you could add it to Comments section of this blog post. Most of all, I hope you will share it with the teacher you wrote about. It will be a special gift the teacher will never forget.
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