Farewell Room 9

A message I sent home with all my kiddos.

Students from Room 9,

Thank you for letting me be your teacher this year. Thank you for showing me the important things about being a third grade teacher. Thank you for allowing me to teach you so many things.
Thank you for making my first year as a teacher so exciting, memorable, and enjoyable. I have LOVED being your teacher, and couldn't have asked for a better group of kids to share this time with. Every day was different, we did many new things, and I watched you all grow, learn, and change right before me. You are all smart, brave, ambitious children who have dreams, and goals. Please always remember that you can do ANYTHING you want to do, you can be ANYONE you want to be. Always work hard, smile every day, laugh often, and say thank you to people who help you. If you ever visit my favorite state, Michigan, please try to find me. I know that you will be fantastic fourth graders, but even more phenomenal people. I will always remember this year, and each and every one of you. I will remember our smiles, our laughter, our jokes, and our fun. You will always be in my heart, and I will always be cheering for you to succeed. Most of all, I will remember that you gave me a chance, and we had a lot of fun in room 9. Believe in yourself, and you will do great things! Have a great summer, and don't forget to read! :)

Love,
 Ms. Niehaus



And ... all of our favorite memories..

The LAST week of the school year!

Holy smokes!!! The school year is over. I am technically not a first year teacher anymore. I can drop that label. Thank goodness. But, dropping that label does not mean that I won't forget exactly how I felt every day of this school year. In the coming days, I will be writing a reflection post of the school year, so I don't want to get too mushy yet. But, I truly cannot believe it's over. This means that my time in Phoenix is coming to a close. What a bittersweet feeling. I am sad that I will not see my kiddos again, as they grow up, but hope that they always know how much they mean to me, how special they are, and how much I love them.
This week, we had lots of fun to wrap up the year!


On Monday, we went on our field trip to Butterfly Wonderland. We were able to see fish from the rainforest, pet stingrays, and see so many beautiful butterflies. We even had a few land on us, and a few laid some eggs on my bag! :-)

Here are some pictures from our field trip!

       

On Tuesday, we had pajama day, and watched FernGully. One of my favorite movies, ever!! I was telling Osvaldo that it was a favorite of mine and that it was made when I was five year old. His response was, "Wow! So it's really old?" We also made third grade memory books and took our "Last day of third grade" pictures. Of course, I have to share all of those! :-)

On Wednesday, we had somewhat of a normal day. We did a Scholastic News, learned Braille, and cleaned out our desks!

On Thursday, we had a very short morning of finishing our end of the year memory books, and then the short afternoon was a movie day with all of third grade.

Friday, the last day of school! We have a farewell assembly, need to clean the classroom, and say our goodbyes!
Happy Summer, FOURTH graders!