Dear New Third Graders,
You are amazing! Each teacher from your past has told me how wonderful you are as a group and they are not exaggerating!
Thank you for all of the notes and pictures that you have made for me. To spend you quiet time making me pictures shows how kind and considerate you are. You are already cooperative, assertive, responsible, empathetic students with quite a bit of self control. Now you have words to describe all of your positive attributes and you are building on them each day. It is because of you that I can be the nice, fun teacher you claim I am.
Your writing stamina, ideas, and enthusiasm has grown so much over the last week! Only one week of writing workshop and you are hooked! I love reading all of your writing: lists, fictional stories, letters. Your topics are so diverse and entertaining! Letters to Taylor Swift, each other, and even tacos! Fictional stories about robotic ducks and a fight between Spiderman and Venom over a Starbucks card! I can’t wait to read what else you have inside you waiting to come out on paper this year! Enjoy decorating your notebooks this weekend!
I hope to give you an environment that allows you to take risks and grow this year! You will learn and grow as students and young people, I promise you that. I can’t wait for all of the adventures we will have together this school year!
See you Wednesday!
Ms. Bless
jenniebblog 
I love your love for your students! I feel the same way about my Kindergarten class this year. I was truly blessed with an unbelievable class this year. So far, I have never had that truly difficult class, knock on wood.