I had students write me letters and fill out surveys. Here are some of my favorite responses to sum up this first year:
1) What did you learn this year?
"I learned to use polite words and read better." 7th grade boy
"I liked learning about propaganda through narcocorridos because not only did I learn about propaganda but I also learned about my country." 7th grade girl
"How to correct my writing, now it's better than it used to be." 7th grade girl
"I liked the personal narrative because you learn something new about yourself, you learn stuff that you don't remember and stuff." 6th grade boy
"I liked SSR because I like to read now." 7th grade girl
2) What should we read, watch, or learn about next year?
"Hangover 2, it's a funny movie." 7th grade boy
"More projects thank you." 6th grade boy
"I think we should read The Skin I'm In." 6th grade girl
"Locomotion got my heart!" 6th grade girl
"Little Women, The Secret Garden." 6th grade girl after my own heart :)
3) How can I improve as your teacher?
"Sometimes you would be too hard on us, but I loved how you teached (sic)." 6th grade girl
(I teached so well! Yikes...)
"You can improve by making it funner." 7th grade boy
(Sigh, see above...)
"Do more hands on activities." 6th grade boy
"GET the right person instead of getting everyone. Make all students get a note and put the person who did it." 7th grade boy
"When one person gets into trouble, then try not to stop everyone else from having fun. That just makes people upset." 6th grade girl
"Yell more! jk lol." 6th grade girl
"You sometimes couldn't control behavior. Be more strict." 6th grade boy
"I think you should take a little more time explaining. Instead of putting it on the board you should explain it." 7th grade girl
"I think it was kinda hard to learn. Try better next time." 6th grade boy
"TOO MUCH WORK" lazy and very smart 6th grade girl :)
And finally, a great suggestion to wrap up this blog post and this year:
"Have a great summer, take a cruise or something." 6th grade girl
(noted!)
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