I began cleaning out my classroom supply cabinet yesterday. I found 16 leftover notebooks that were donated to my classroom from DonorsChoose. Since items donated need to remain in the school if the teacher leaves, I had to either leave the notebooks for the next teacher or give them out to the kids. I decided to do the latter since I wanted to instill the love of writing in my kids with one last gesture.
I threw in two more notebooks I bought myself and placed notebooks in each child’s mailbox yesterday afternoon. This was the response:
“Can we send them to you once we’re finished writing in it?”
“Why?” I asked.
“So you can read it!” (That response was said with a little end-of-fourth-grade-attitude!)
“But I won’t be your teacher anymore,” I replied.
“So?”
So? So, it made me feel good that quite a few students want me to still have a part in their writing lives after they leave my class. 🙂
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