Eyes Are Watching . . .

This Friday marked my last day to teach 6^th grade Science/Math before moving onto 5^th grade Math.  As a thank you/goodbye gift, my team gave me a basket full of teacher supplies.  Inside the basket, there was a notebook full of student letters.  These letters were handwritten in cursive by every 6^th grade student thanking me for my time with them.  I was so overwhelmed that I started crying, and have laughed and cried as I’ve read them over the weekend.  Talk about affirming me!  It was a beautiful way in which my team showed me how important I am to my students as a teacher and how much influence I have over these students and their learning, not just in content but in character.  I will NEVER forget that fact after receiving these letters!  Students are watching me as I interact with them all day.